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The castes, of which there are representatives among these 

 skulls, are as follows : 



1 skull of each of the following; Kabuli, Rajput, Dusadh, 

 Brahmin, Dhanuk, Musahar, Sansi (gipsy). 



2 skulls of each of the following ; Mussulman Jat, Chuhra and 

 Pathan. 



4 skulls of low caste Hindoos. 



5 skulls of Panjabi Mussulmans. 



The sexes are as follows : twenty male ; two female. 

 The following is a short summary of the peculiar points in each 

 skull : 



1213. Skull of male Hindoo of low caste from Panjab. The 

 age is 60 years. 



Synostosis of the sutures has occurred at the bregma, the sagittal 

 suture, the lambda and the upper portions of the lambdoid suture. 

 The portions of the coronal sutures, from just below the stepha- 

 nion, are synostosed. The nasal suture is also synostosed. The 

 skull is symmetrical and cryptozygous. The estimation of the 

 latter point was conducted as described by Turner {Challenger 

 Repoi'ts, Vol. X., Pt. xxix.). Supraorbital foramina are present. 

 Supraciliary ridges slightly marked. 



1218. Skull of male Hindoo of low caste from Panjab. Age 28. 



Sutures are complicated. There is a large epactal bone present 

 and four lambdoid wormian bones. The last molar tooth on the 

 left side of the upper jaw projects directly backward, having 

 pierced the maxillary tuberosity ; that on the right side is un- 

 developed. The supraciliary ridges are hardly marked. There is a 

 small depression just above the lambda. The skull is symmetrical, 

 rounded and cryptozygous. 



1222. Skull of male of Chuhra caste from Panjab. Age 30. 

 Sutures very complicated. There is a wormian bone at the 



lower end of the coronal suture on the right side. There is a small 

 pteriac bone at the upper end of the squamo-aphenoidal suture. 

 Three lambdoid wormian bones are present. The naso-frontal 

 suture is situated at the bottom of a very deep groove. The 

 sagittal suture lies in a depression near the bregma but is on a 

 ridge near the lambda. The supraciliary ridges are slightly 

 marked. The angle of the lower jaw is everted. The skull is 

 symmetrical, rough, heavy and phsenozygous. 



1223. Skull of male of Sansi caste from Panjab. Age 30. 

 Sutures are complicated. One epactal bone, four lambdoid and 



three coronal wormian bones are present. The nasal suture is 



