ANCIENT BRITISH BUBIAL AT ILDEET0> T . 



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according to the method adopted by Dr. Thurnam, in his inter- 

 esting and valuable Essay "On the two principal forms of Ancient 

 British and Gaulish Skulls." 



Pro- 

 bable 

 Age. 



I. 



Cubic 

 capa- 

 city. 



ii. 



Circum- 

 ference. 



in. 



Length. 



IV. 

 Breadth 



v. 



Height. 



VI. VII. 



FACE. 



Length. Breadth 



A 



Breadth 

 Length, 

 = 100. 



B 



Height 

 Length, 

 = 100. 



Years. 



45 



Inches. 



95 



Inches. 



21 



Inches. 



7 



Inches. 



6(t) 



Inches. 



5-6 



Inches. 



5 



Inches. 



5 



85-7 



80 



The capacity was taken with fine sand (ground flint) of sp. gr. 

 2-65. 



In Dr. Thurnam' s Table of twenty-five Brachycephalic British 

 skulls, the average proportion of breadth to length is 81, that of 

 height to length 76 to 100. 



The Ilderton skull is therefore above the average of brachy- 

 cephalism, as given in Dr. Thurnam' s Table. 



Other dimensions of the skull are as follows : — 



INCHES. 



Fronto-occipital arch ...... 14"7 



Length of frontal 4'8 



Ditto parietal 4"8 



Ditto occipital 5"1 



Intennastoid arch 15-0 



Breadth of frontal 4-9 



Ditto parietal 5"5 



Ditto occipital 4*6 



Height of frontal , 5 - 7 



Ditto parietal 5-6 



Ditto occipital „ . . 4*3 



The right femur measured 19*1 inches in length. The ends of 

 this bone are rather larger in proportion to the shaft than is 

 usual, and the shaft more arched. 



The right humerus is 13*3 inches in length, and is well formed. 

 In both bones the muscular impressions are well marked. 



The above measurements have been carefully made, and ac- 

 curate drawings on stone, from photographs of tbe skull, have 

 been executed by the Messrs. Lambert, of Grey Street. The 



