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Algonquin skulls is '769, so that the average Guanche skull 

 falls between those of these two great American races, and 

 the general character and appearance of the two groups of 

 skulls corresponds with these measurements. 



Wilson has shown that this dolichocephalic or mesitoce- 

 phalic type prevails along Eastern America from the West 

 Indies to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and there are various 

 indications in tradition and in buried remains that these 

 peoples, of whom the Huron-Iroquois and Algoukin stocks 

 are northern extensions, made their way to the north in times 

 not very ancient, and locally replaced feebler brachycephalic 

 tribes which had preceded them. This process seems to 

 have been proceeding up to the European discovery of 

 America. The full significance of this relatively to the 

 Guanches Avill be noticed in the conclusion of tliis paper. 



iitli. Objects of Art, ^x. 



These are not numerous, and the subjoined list may serve 

 to indicate their nature. 



Beads. — A thin flat bead or disc, being a small circular 

 plate of laminated or pearly shell with a somewhat large 

 central perforation. There is also a photograph of a string 

 of shell beads very like a string of North American 

 wampum. Cylindrical beads of brown baked clay of 

 different lengths. The ends of each bead are cut squarely 

 across. 



Flakes of black obsidian or pitchstone, very little modified, 

 aod perhaps used for knives or scrapers. 



Bodkins or inerccrs neatly made of the leg bones of birds. 



Hooks.— A large hook of some horny substance. It has 

 a knob at the top of the shank and a few notches to aid in 

 fastening it to the line. The point is gnawed away by 

 rodents, so that it is uncertain if it had a barb. There is 

 also a photograph of a large stout hook reminding one of 

 those used by the Pacific Islanders and in the Queen 

 Charlotte Islands. It is made of two pieces lashed together, 

 and has a strong barb. 



Goatskin probnbly from the swathing of mummies. It has 

 been deprived of the hair, but is not tanned, and has the 

 texture of parchment. In some places it is sewed together 

 Avith tendons or strips of skin. Bauds of skin used on 

 mummies are neatly knotted. 



Earthenioare. — A few fragments only of a brown colour 



