THE ANCIENT PERUVIANS. 



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Horizontal periphery. 



Extreme length of head and face. 



Internal capacity, . 



Capacity of the anterior chamber. 



Capacity of the posterior chamber. 



Capacity of the coronal region. 



Facial angle. 



18. inches. 

 8.8 inches. 

 65.5 cubic inches. 

 19.75 cubic inches. 

 45.75 cubic inches. 

 12.75 cubic inches. 

 61 degrees. 



It will be shown in the sequel that the average internal capacity of the 

 Caucasian or European head is at least ninety cubic inches; and it will be observed 

 that the three adult skulls in the preceding series of ancient Peruvians, give an 

 aggregate of two hundred and nineteen cubic inches, or a mean of seventy-three. 

 It will also be observed, that the mean capacity of the anterior is about one half 

 of that of the posterior chamber, or twenty-j&ve to forty-seven ; while the mean 

 of the facial angle is but sixty-seven degrees. 



THE CHIMUYANS. 



This name, Chimii, was applied rather to a chief than a territory. The 

 province of the " Great Chimu " was very near the present site of Truxillo, in 

 Peru, and its inhabitants had attained a certain degree of civilisation before they 

 were conquered by the tenth Inca. My friend Dr. M. Burrough, (now United 

 States Consul at Vera Cruz,) examined the ruins of the Chimuyan city with great 

 care, and traced the remains of dwellings, walls and terraces, over an extensive 

 plot of ground.* 



* For some additional particulars respecting the remains of the ancient demi-civiUsation in South 

 America, the reader is referred to the learned Researches of Dr. M'Culloh, Chap IX. 



