168 REPORT O^ BONES FROM HAELYN BAY. 



cranial index to 75, liacl left tlie stature only about an inch higher, 

 according to these Harlyn Bay data. 



For the effect which the Roman invasion^ dominion and 

 colonization, had on the race in the south-west of England, we 

 have valuable data from the south-western part of Wiltshire, to 

 be gathered from the great work of the lamented General Pitt- 

 Rivers. 



Stature of Male Romano-Britons. 



mm. in. 



Rotherley excluding aged, by Pearson and Manouvrier 1623=63-9 



by me... ... ... 1627=64-1 



by Garson after Topinard 1584=62-36 



Woodcuts & Woodyates, by Pearson and Manouvrier 1654=65-12 



by me ... ... .. 1670=65-68 



Worbarrow, secondary ( by Pearson and Topinard 1663=65-55 



interments, i by Manouvrier ... ... 1658=65-27 



by me ... ... ... 1686=66-38 



Here the figures from Rotherley rejDresent probably a 

 tolerably pure British population of servile status, diminished in 

 physique by tyranny and oppression, and by the subtraction of 

 the finer men for military service. In the other villages, and in 

 the burials at Worbarrow, we have an admixture of the ruling 

 caste, as is evidenced in some cases by the cranial aspect, and by 

 remains of military accoutrements, indicating an Italian or more 

 probably a Grerman legionarj-. Following these, in the same 

 neighbourhood, and investigated by the same zealous hands, are 

 the remains of the Saxon settlement of Winklebury. Here the 

 stature rises again distinctly with the introduction 01 )nasse of a 

 race hitherto occurring only sporadically. As the average height 

 increases, or rather as the bones lengthen, estimates range more 

 widely : the lowest for these Saxons is Manouvrier's of 1687 mm. 

 ■ (66-44 inches), then follow Pearson's 1693 mm. (66-65 inches), 

 Garson' s version of Topinard's 1709 mm. (67-28 inches), my own 

 and Topinard's 1734 mm. (68-26 inches), and finally, Rollet's at 

 1740 mm. (68-50 inches). 



There is very little tendency to platyknemia in the Harlyn 

 Bay bones. Perforation of the fossa of the olecranon, in the 

 humerus, occurs in some instances. The length of the clavicle 

 averages only 136 mm., males and females both included. This 



