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CRANIA AMERICANA. 



In addition to these remarks, we will merely note the moral and political 

 resemblance that exists between the ancient and modern Mexicans on the one 

 hand, and the Egyptians of the age of Pharaoh and the present Copts on the other. 

 Slavery has degraded the faculties of both, and it would require centuries of the 

 most favorable circumstances to resuscitate the dormant genius of either. 



PLATE XVI. 



MEXICAN. 



A skull of large and massive developments, with a full, broad but retreating 

 forehead, and great width between the parietal bones. The head is more oval 

 and elongated than is usual in this race, and there is a remarkable fulness of the 

 phrenological region of constructiveness. The face is large and projecting, and 

 the lower jaw broad and ponderous. This is a relic of the genuine Toltecan 

 stock, having been exhumed from an ancient cemetery at Cerro de Quesilas, near 

 the city of Mexico. It was accompanied by numerous antique vessels, weapons, 

 &c., indicating a personage of distinction. This cranium was brought from 

 Mexico by the Hon. J. R. Poinsett, and by him presented to the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



MEASUREMENTS. 



Longitudinal diameter. 

 Parietal diameter, . 

 Frontal diameter, . 

 Vertical diameter, . 

 Inter-mastoid arch, . 

 Inter-mastoid line, . 



7.1 inches. 



5.7 inches. 

 4.4 inches. 



5.2 inches. 

 15.9 inches. 



4. inches. 



