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derived solely from their tombs. They were not different " from 

 cognate nations in any respect except in the conformation of the 

 head, which is small, greatly elongated, narrow in its whole 

 length, with a very retreating forehead, and possessing more sym- 

 metry than is usual in skulls of the American race. The face 

 projects, the upper jaw is thrust forward, and the teeth are inclined 

 outward. The orbits of the eyes are large and rounded, the na- 

 sal bones salient, the zygomatic arches expanded ; and there is a 

 remarkable simplicity in the sutures that connect the bones of 

 the cranium." p. 97. Dr. Morton presents the following cranium, 

 plate \Y of his series, "as an illustrative type of the cranial pecu- 

 liarities of the people ;" and he is of opinion that the form is " nat- 

 ural, unaltered by art." 



Ancient Peruvian, Fig. 4. 



He gives the following description of this cranium : 

 " Though the forehead retreats rapidly, there is but little ex- 

 pansion at the sides, and from the face to the occiput, inclusive, 

 there is a narrowness that seems characteristic of the race. The 

 posterior view represents the skull elevated in that region, with- 

 out any unnatural width at the sides, and the vertical view suffi- 

 ciently confirms the latter fact. 



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