BS 



LECTtfEE III. 



formerly propagated by Tiedemann. Supported by few and 

 erroneously interpreted observations^ Tiedemann asserted that 

 tlie cranial capacity of the Negro was not less than that of the 

 EuropeaUj and this assertion was naturally turned to profitable 

 account by monogenists. More numerous measurements are 

 now available, and their results, as far as they are known to me, 

 I have arranged in the following table. They have all been 

 taken according to Morton's method, by filling the skull with 

 small shot, and ascertaining the measure in cubic centimeters. 





CEANIAL ( 



ZlAPACITT IN 



VAEIOUS EACES. 







No. of 



Volume in 







No. 



People. 



skulls 

 measd. 



cubic centi- 

 meters. 



Observers. 



Bemarks. 



1 



Australians. 



8 



1228-27 



Aitken Meigs. 





2 



Polynesians. 





1230 



Morton. 





3 



Hottentots. 





1230 



99 





4 



)> 



3 



1233-78 



Aitken Meigs. 





5 



Peruvians.* 



152 



1233-78 



>> 



* [With artificially 



6 



sy 





1246 



Morton. 



compressed skulls. 



7 



Oceanic Negroes. 



2 



1253-45 



Aitken Meigs. 



— Editor.] 



8 



Mexicans. 





1296 



Morton. 





9 



Americans in general. 



341 



1315-71 



Aitken Meigs. 





10 



Negroes borninAme- 



12 



1323-90 



>f 





11 



rica. 

 Malays. 





1328 



Morton. 





12 



Mexicans. 



25 



1338-65 



Aitken Meigs. 





13 



Greenlander. 



1 



1340 



Welcker. 





14 



Chinese. 





1345 



Morton. 





15 



Negroes in general. 



76 



1347-66 



Aitken Meigs. 





16 



)y 





1361 



Morton. 





17 



Ancient Peruvians. 





1361 



)> 





18 



Negroes born in A frica 



64 



1371-42 



Aitken Meigs. 





19 



Wild Indians. 



164 



1376-71 



jj 





20 



Parisians, from a 

 common grave. 



35 



1403-14 



Broca. 



Skulls of the 19th 

 century. 



21 



Parisians from the 

 Cimetiere des In- 

 nocents. 



117 



1409-31 



y> 



SkuUs of the 12th 

 to the 18th century. 



22 



Esquimaux. 





1410 



Morton. 





23 



Parisians of the 12th 

 century. 



115 



1425-98 



Broca. 



From a Vault. 



24 



Caucasians in general 



1 



1427 



Aitken Meigs. 





25 



Malays. 



1 



1430 



Welcker. 





26 



Germans. 



30 



1448 







27 



Parisians of the 19th 

 century. 



125 



1461-53 



Broca. 





28 



Anglo-Americans. 



7 



1474-65 



Aitken Meigs. 





29 



Parisians from pri- 

 vate graves. 



90 



1484-23 



Broca. 



Skulls of the 19th 

 century. 



30 



Parisians from La 

 Morgue. 



17 



1517 



3) 



The same. 



31 



Germans in general. 



38 



1534-127 



Aitken Meigs. 





32 



Brachycephale, 

 from Meudon. 



1 



1540 



Broca. 



From a Dolmen. 



33 



English. 



5 



1572-95 



Aitken Meigs. 





