H. 



G. 



Ch. 



5.00 







5.35 







17.20 



15.70 



11.65 



15.00 



13.00 



9.55 



3.05 



4.05 





1.02 



1.85 





1.38 



1.15 





35T 



E. 



Length of right clavicle 5.40 



Lengtli of left clavicle 5.57 



Length of femur 18.00 



Length of tibia 16.00 



Length of astragalus 3.17 



Height of tuberosity of os calcis 2.00 



Height of neck 1.75 



Height at posterior edge of upper articular 

 ridge 2.18 1.50 



Mr. C. J. Sprague inquired whether this individual might not be 

 considered as a somewhat gigantic representative of his race, and 

 whether variations in height were as common among savage as among 

 civilized races. 



Dr. Wyman replied that the range of variation in height, as far as 

 known, was much the greatest in the latter. O'Brien, the Irish giant, 

 whose skeleton is preserved in the Hunterian Museum in London, was 

 eight feet and four inches in height ; while Borvlasky, the Polish dwarf, 

 was less than three feet. No such difference as this is known among 

 the savage races. Wild and domesticated animals of the same species 

 offer similar differences. 



Prof. Daniel Wilson remarked that the cranium of this Hottentot 

 appeared to be very fairly developed ; and, in speaking of the great 

 disparity between the lower races of men and the anthropoid apes, no- 

 ticed that the distinctions in the cranium of the higher and lower races 

 of men partook much more of facial than of cerebral character. 



Mr. S. H. Scudcler exhibited several specimens of ancient 

 pottery obtained by his brother, the late Rev. D. C. Scudder, 

 from megalithic cysts in Periakulam, Madura District, South 

 India. He also read extracts from letters written by the 

 Rev. Messrs. Scudder and Capron, giving some account of 

 explorations in search of these ancient i*emains, both on the 

 Pulney Hills and upon the plains below, with the details 

 of opening some of them. The specimens of pottery ex- 

 hibited were much superior to those now in use among the 

 natives of that part of India, both in elegance of form, dura- 

 bility of material, and superiority of workmanship. The 

 letters, from which the following extracts were taken, were 

 written to friends at home, which will account for the famil- 

 iarity of style with which they are written. 



