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almost all points it seems to me to be like tlie well-known Disentis 

 type of Switzerland, so called by His and E-utimeyer, or tlie 

 Sarmatic type of Yon Holder, a type whicli occurs plentifully, 

 not only in its proper Alpine or Sub-Alpine habitat, but in 

 Bretagne and among the Walloons, and which, crossed in varying 

 degree with the pure blond dolichokephal, becomes the Sarmato- 

 Grermanic type of Von Holder, the Kymric of some other winters, 

 and in a highly dihited form seems to be fairly common in the 

 North of England and North Wales. In its pure form it goes 

 with short stature, as is the case in the present instance ; for 

 Professor Pearson and I would both make the man about 5 feet 2 

 inches, and Manouvrier and the rest somewhat less. The flattish 

 nasal bones, again, are quite unlike the strong prominent feature 

 which is so conspicuous in the vigorous and stalwart bronze race. 

 The occurrence of a skull of this type and these proportions is, I 

 think, one of the most interesting details connected with the 

 Harljm Bay discovery ; for, as I have explained, it is not mere 

 short-headedness or round-headedness that is in question. The 

 word "round," indeed, is often* very incorrectly applied as a 

 generic equivalent to brachykephalic. The present cranium is 

 realh' anything but round ; and the application of this word to 

 skulls which are rather square, or wedge-shaped, or heart-shaped, 

 than round, simply because they are short and broad, is to be 

 deprecated. 



The altitudinal, or length-height index, was capable of 

 computation in only 5 cases ; in four of which it was low, a little 

 below 70 in every case, including the brachykephal. The 

 remaining skull (the first one in my list, marked Q,), was a fine 

 large one of the coffin-shaped type, very narrow in j)roportion, 

 but lofty and capacious. The owner, however, was neither tall 

 nor of a large frame : in all respects he must have conformed to 

 the old neolithic, or, as we often call it, Iberian type. 



Several of the other skulls are of large dimensions. In one 

 only of these, however, can the capacity be estimated ; and it is 

 very considerable. This one also approaches a common neolithic 

 type, though not so closely as Q. Another (N), jirobably the 

 largest of all, is much broader, with some resemblance to the 

 Sion type, and probably a strong cross of the blood of the bronze 

 race. 



