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from the top of skull to the lower end of the femora was 

 3-9 feet (1-19 m.). No relics were found with the skeleton. 

 The approximate length of the left femur is about 453 mm., 

 which gives a stature (by Rollet's method) of 5 feet 5 inches 

 (1-65 m.). The skull has been restored as far as possible, 

 and turns out to be mesaticephalic, or medium-headed, with 

 a cephalic index of about 780. At the Glasgow meeting of 

 the British Association, Dr. Carson read a detailed report on 

 this skull, concluding by saying that " the osteological 



Fig. 6. Another view of same. 



characters show that the individual was not of the type found 

 in interments of the Neolithic period, neither do they point 

 to his being of the Bronze Age type, though he was more 

 nearly allied to it than to the former. On the other hand, 

 there are no characters about the specimen which would pre- 

 clude its being much more recent. The extended position 

 in which the body had been laid decidedly supports the view 

 of the interment being of more recent date than the Bronze 

 period, to which I consider the weight of the evidence afforded 

 by the osteological characters also points." 



