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PLATE VII. 



PERUVIAN CHILD FROM SANTA. 



This juvenile skull was obtained by Dr. Ruschenberger at Santa, which was 

 once a great cemetery of the Peruvians. Of the many crania observed there. Dr. 

 R. observes that the occiput " is almost vertical, and rises quite abruptly from the 

 great hole at the base. The left side is generally much more prominent than the 

 right, and the forehead is narrow and retreating."* This head is figured merely 

 to show the characters of the genuine Peruvian as developed in infancy, and a 

 few only of the more important measurements are subjoined. 



Longitudinal diameter. 



Parietal diameter. 



Frontal diameter. 

 Vertical diameter, 

 Internal capacity. 



5.4 inches. 

 5.4 inches. 

 4. inches. 

 4.6 inches. 

 61 cubic inches. 



PLATES VIII AND IX. 



PERUVIAN FROM THE TEiMPLE OF THE SUN, 



This head is remarkable alike for its squared form and its small size, and yet 

 it is of adult age, and probably belonged to a female. It is very thin and delicate 

 throughout ; the breadth between the parietal protuberances is nearly the same 

 with the longitudinal diameter, and there is a symmetry of parts rarely observed 

 in Peruvian heads. The peculiarities of this relic are represented with great 



* Three Years in the Pacific, p. 374. 



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