THE MEXICANS. 



155 



Napoleon, and by that gentleman deposited in my collection at the request of 

 my friend Dr. M.Burrough, United States Consul at Vera Cruz. The certificates 

 which accompanied this skull go to prove that it belonged to an Indian of the 

 unmixed race, but of whose history nothing is stated. It therefore only remains 

 to subjoin the usual 



MEASUREMENTS. 



Longitudinal diameter. 

 Parietal diameter, • 

 Frontal diameter, . 

 Vertical diameter, . 

 Inter-mastoid arch, . 

 Inter-mastoid line, . 

 Occipito-frontal arch. 

 Horizontal periphery. 

 Internal capacity, . 

 Capacity of the anterior chamber. 

 Capacity of the posterior chamber. 

 Capacity of the coronal region, . 

 Facial angle, . 



6.6 inches. 



5.3 inches. 



4.3 inches. 



5.2 inches. 

 14.6 inches. 



4.1 inches. 

 13.6 inches. 

 19. inches. 

 74. cubic inches, 

 28. cubic inches. 

 46. cubic inches. 

 11.5 cubic inches, 

 77 degrees. 



PLATE XVIII. 



MEXICAN. 



A remarkably well characterised Toltecan head, from an ancient tomb near 

 the city of Mexico, whence it was exhumed with a great variety of antiques, 

 vessels, masks, ornaments, &c. It is preserved in the collection of the American 

 Philosophical Society; and I am indebted for its use on this occasion to the 



