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abnormal specimens, but there is a regular gradation up to 

 them, which always becomes more perfect the larger the number 

 of specimens compared. Thus, besides the extreme Dolicocephalic 

 skull (70) in the supposed Brachycephalic Malay group, there 

 are others which have W : L, '71, "72 and '73, so that we liave 

 every reason to believe that with more specimens we should get 

 a still narrower form of skull. So the very large cranium, 91 

 ounces, is led up to by others of 87 and 88. 



The largest, in an extensive series of English, Scotch, and 

 Irish crania, was only 92 '5 ounces. 



Papuans. — There are only four true Papuan crania in the 

 collection, and these vary considerably (VV:L '72 to -SS). 

 Taking, however, the natives of the Solomon Islands, New 

 Caledonia, JSTew Hebrides, and the Fijis as being all decidedly 

 of Papuan race, we have a series of 28 crania (23 male), and 

 these give us: — Capacity, C6 to 80; W:L, 'Go to "85; H:L, 

 ■7 1 to '85 ; so nearly identical with some of the Malayan groups 

 as to offer no clear points of difference. 



The Polynesians, the Australians, and the African negroes 

 offer equally wide ranges of variation, as will be seen by the 

 following summary of the dimensions of the crania of these 

 races and the preceding : — 



Number 

 of Crania. 



83. Malays (66 male). 



Capacity. 



W:L. 



H :L. 



60 to 91 



•70 to -92 



•72 to -90 



28. Papuans (23 m.) . 



66 „ 80 



•65 „ ^85 



•71 „ -85 



156. Polynesians (90 m. ) 



62 „ 91 



•69 „ ^90 



•68 „ ^88 



23. Australians (16 m.) 



59 ,, 86 



•57 ,, •SO 



•64 „ -80 



72. Negroes (38 m.) . 



66 ,, 87 



•64 „ ^83 



•65 ,, -81 



The only conclusions that we can draw from this table arc, 

 that the Australians have the smallest crania, and the Poly- 

 nesians the largest ; the J^egroes, the Malays, and Papuans not 



