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narrowness from back to front. I shall merely repeat that it was exhumed from 

 a mound high up the Alabama river. 



MEASUREMENTS. 



Longitudinal diameter. 

 Parietal diameter. 

 Frontal diameter. 

 Vertical diameter, 

 Inter-mastoid arch, 

 Inter-mastoid line, 

 Occipito-frontal arch. 

 Horizontal periphery. 

 Internal capacity, . 

 Facial angle, , 



5 J) inches. 



6.6 inches. 



4.4 inches. 



5.1 inches. 

 15.6 inches. 



4.4 inches. . 

 12.4 inches. 

 19.6 inches. 

 80. cubic inches. 



72 degrees. 



PLATE LV. 



SKULL FROM A MOUND IN TENNESSEE- 



This cranium was exhumed by my friend Dr. Troost, of Nashville, Tennessee, 

 from a mound in that state, at the junction of French-Broad and Holston rivers. 

 Dr. Troost kindly forwarded it to Philadelphia for my use. The section of 

 Tennessee above mentioned, and especially the Holston river, abounds in mounds, 

 one of which covers an acre of ground and is thirty feet high. Six others are 

 seen on that river a short distance above its mouth, which, on being opened, 

 contained nothing but ashes and charcoal.* The present skull is remarkable for 



Sillirnan's Amer. Jour, of Science and Art, T, p. 429. 



