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than in the females. It is almost identical in both sexes with that 
of the Indian skeletal remains from the Louisiana mounds (Munsee, 
7 males, 3.5; 8 females, 3.2: Louisiana, 10 males, 3.45; 14 females, 
3.18 em.), which were nearly alike in stature, but it is slightly superior 
to that of the Indians from Arkansas, who were also of practically 
the same height (Arkansas, 22 males, 3.3; 16 females, 3.14 cm.). 
LOWER JAW 
The measurements of the lower jaw show only moderate dimensions 
throughout. The angle (mean of the two sides, which usually differ 
somewhat in this respect) averages decidedly higher in the females 
(130°), which is not always the case in American crania. Thus 
among the Arkansas and Louisiana mound crania it averaged 118.5° 
in the males, or practically the same as in the Munsee; while it was 
only 122° in the females, or eight points lower than in the Munsee 
of the same sex. 
DETAILED OBSERVATIONS ON THE CRANIA 
In visual examination of a series of crania or other bones of more 
than passing importance, general impressions are not sufficiently 
accurate or reliable; consequently, the writer habitually makes detailed 
notes of the principal features of each specimen in accordance with a 
definite though simple scheme. Such notes can be tabulated and 
analyzed almost as readily as measurements. 
In choosing the points for observation, the only rule that can be 
formulated is to include everything of consequence, and to cover the 
whole specimen, which is not so easily accomplished as at first might 
seem. Some of the points touched upon in such a procedure will, 
of course, be of much less weight than others, but they serve to com- 
plete the picture and: will doubtless be of some interest and value in 
future comparisons; while purely individual characteristics that mght 
be included by some authors may be passed entirely. 
The results of the detailed examination of the Munsee crania are as 
follow: 
THE VAULT: FOREHEAD 
The conditions found in respect to the frontal region will be clearly 
seen from the accompanying table. As general among Indians, 
this region in the Munsee skulls shows high development only in 
exceptional cases. In the males there is frequently more or less of a 
slope; in the females, where slope is rare, low foreheads prevail. 
