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and styloid processes and the curved lines of the occipital 

 were poorly shown, so that the individual had evidently not 

 possessed much virile muscular development. In reference 

 to this fact it is significant to note Hrdlicka's(^) reinarks on 

 his extensive series of Lenape North American Indian skulls in 

 which he found no "massiveness, no heav}- supraorbital 

 arches or crests, no heavy jaws. It was plain that the}* did 

 not belong to a tribe of great hunstmen or warriors." 



A large slice of bone had been cut out from the right half 

 of the cranial roof for some unknown reason, so that it was 

 impossible to estimate the cranial capacity in the usual way 

 (See Fig 13). The bones of the skull were rather thin, being 

 not more than 4 or o mm. in. thickness. I could not detect 

 any Wormian bones. There was no metopic suture and the 

 frontal did not articulate with the temporal bone on either 

 side. The lower portions of the temporal fossae were rather 

 deep, the space between the inner surface of the zygoma and 

 the great wing of the sphenoid measuring 24.5 mm., which is 

 more than the average in the modern Canadian skull and is 

 nearly as extensive (25.5 mm.) as in a Melanesian skull 

 It is indicated of course that at any rate the temporal muscle 

 showed robust development, no doubt in accordance with a 

 vigorous and unethical mode of mastication that had been 

 adopted by the individual. The lower jaw was unfortunately 

 awanting. The teeth had all dropped out of the upper jaw 

 but all the alveoli were present and of normal depth, although 

 some of their front walls had become broken away (see Fig. 

 11). The frontal air sinuses wefe rather small as was to be 

 expected from the feeble degree of development of the super- 

 ciliary ridges. (See Fig. 11). The various foramina for 

 emissary veins were well represented. Both mastoid and both 

 posterior condylar foramina were present. The parietal for- 

 amen and the inconstant emissary foramen of Vesalius were 



exhibited on the left side. The foramen caecum was well 

 shown. 



