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the catacombs at E7 Gourna, on the western bank of the Nile. If we may judge by the 
different degrees of care manifested in the embalming process, they embrace individuals 
of every class excepting the highest and lowest; for the latter, according to the testimony 
of Herodotus, were never embalmed in the proper sense of that word; and the former 
were deposited in more elaborate sepulchres. 
Plate VI., Fig. 1. (Cat. 860.) A man of fifty, with a small but well proportioned 
cranium. ‘The bones of the face are small, and the whole osseous structure very thin. 
—I. C. 80 cubic inches. F. A. 82°. Egyptian form. 
(Cat. 853.) Head of a man of fifty, with a low coronal region, receding forehead, full 
occiput, aquiline nose, and remarkable flatness beneath the temporal muscles.—I. C. 95 
cubic inches. Egyptian form. 
Plate VI, Fig 2. (Cat. 865.) An oval head with a full but retreating forehead, 
a large, aquiline nose, and angular, prominent face. The eyes are embalmed open. 
Semitic form. 
Plate VI., Fig. 3. (Cat. 893.) A singularly thin cranium, especially in the lateral 
parietal regions. The forehead is moderately expanded and the nose straight.—I. C. 85 
cubic inches. F. A. 81° Pelasgic form. 
Plate VI., Fig. 4. (Cat. 850.) A large oval cranium, with a voluminous forehead, a 
small aquiline nose, and rounded orbits. Age, seventy to eighty years?—I. C. 86 cubic 
inches. Pelasgic form. 
Plate VI, Fig. 5. (Cat. 859.) An octogenarian female, with a small but well pro- 
portioned head, and delicate facial bones. This cranium, which is remarkable for its 
tenuity, retains a very little smooth, long hair.—I. C. 82 cubic inches. Pelasgic form. 
Plate VI., Fig. 6. (Cat. 881.) Skull of a female not exceeding seventeen years of 
age, with a beautifully developed forehead, and delicate facial bones, yet possessing an 
obvious downward elongation of the upper jaw, as in the Hindoo.—I. C. 71 cubic inches. 
F. A. 80°. Egyptian form. 
Plate VI., Fig. 7. (Cat. 889.) A well formed, oval head, with a remarkably promi- 
nent nose and chin.—I. C. 83 cubic inches. F. A. 83°. Egyptian form. 
Plate VI., Fig. 8, (Cat. 870.) A long oval cranium, with a broad, receding forehead, 
tumid occiput, very long aquiline nose, and sharp features. The hair, which is cut close, 
is brown and silky.—I. C. 79 cubic inches. A man of thirty? Semitic Sorm. 
Plate VI., Fig. 9. (Cat. 876.) A small, but oval male head, with hair of a fine 
texture and brown colour.—I. C. 83 cubic inches. Egyptian form. 
Plate VIL, Fig. 1. (Cat. 851.) A narrow, elongated cranium, with a retreating fore- 
head, and rather produced maxille. The whole osseous structure is remarkably delicate. 
A woman of thirty-five?—I. C.'79 cubic inches. F. A. 80°. Egyptian form. 
Plate VIL, Fig. 2. (Cat. 861.) Skull of a man of fifty, large and massive: forehead 
and coronal region but moderately developed; face projecting, with a small, aquiline 
nose.—I. C. 91 cubic inches. F. A. 78°. Egyptian form. 
Plate VII, Fig. 3. (Cat. 857.) A female cranium, long, narrow, and much flattened 
at the sides, and rather ponderous. The whole face is long, angular, and prominent, 
with a slight yet manifest negro expression. A little hair remains, long, black, and 
smooth.—I. C. 83 cubic inches. F. A. 77°. Egyptian, blended mith the Negro form? 
