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one dolichocephalic, — the former measuring 7-§- by 6-f- 

 inches, the latter 74- by 64- inches. Nos. 36 and 37 are 

 Greek skulls, both brachycephalic, one (No. 36) being an 

 extreme example. This skull measures 64 by 64- inches, 

 which gives a cephalic index of 93, or nearly so. Carl 

 Vogt, in his 'Vorlesungen iiber den Menschen, seine Stel- 

 lung in der Schopfung, und in der Geschichte der Erde/ 

 gives many instances of brachycephalic skulls, but none so 

 extreme as is afforded by this Greek skull. His most 

 brachycephalic skull is that of a Klein-Russen, which 

 measured 5J- by 4-i- inches, the cephalic index being 86 

 within a very little. 



Nos. 31 and 32 are Jewish skulls. The evidence afforded 

 by the Jewish skulls is interesting. We have hitherto been 



Jewish Skulls. 



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dealing with the skulls of peoples who freely intermarrv 

 with the peoples of other nationalities, and whose skulls in 

 consequence may be expected to vary ; but in the case of 

 the Jew this objection no longer holds good, inasmuch as 

 he does not intermarry, and has always kept his race free 

 from any foreign intermixture. Do we here find a uniform 

 dolichocephalic or brachycephalic type ? By no means, but 

 we meet with long and broad heads equally in this race 

 with the others. 



