IN SUMATRA. 2G1 



APPENDIX TO PART III. 



I.— ON THE OSTEOLOGIGAL CHAEACTEES OF THE 

 KUBUS OF SUMATEA. 



By J. G. Garson, M.D., F.Z.S., Memb. Anthrop. Inst.; Koyal Col. Surg. 

 Eng. ; Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy, Charing Cross Hospital. 



The osteological remains of the Knbus of Sumatra, placed in my hands for 

 examination by Mr. H. 0. Forbes, consisted of the skeleton of a female and 

 asingle skull,also that of a female, which are now in the possession of the 

 British Museum. Both specimens were those of adults of middle age. 



The height of seven males (measured by Mr. Forbes) averaged 1569 mm., 

 or almost exaatly the same as that of adult Enelishwomen (1592 mm.), 

 ■while the average height of the five females was 1493 mm. ; the difference 

 between the stature of the male and female Kubus is therefore 103 mm. 

 The height of the skeleton placed in my hands, estimated from the length 

 of the femur, is 1450 mm., which, allowing for the soft parts existing in 

 the living body, would indicate the stature of this individual to be about 

 the average of the females measured by Mr. Forbes. 



Characters of the Skull. 



Cranium. — The appearance presented by the drawings taken from 

 life by Mr. Forbes shows that the skull is of moderate length, somewhat 

 narrow transversely in the region of the forehead, and flat in the glabella 

 and superciliary regions: the malars are prominent, the nose becomes 

 gradually elevated towards the tip, its contour following a wide arc ; the 

 chin is narrow but not pointed ; the lips are thick and prominent, and 

 the hair is straight with a tendency to curl. 



Turning to the skulls we are at once struck by the strong resemblance 

 they bear to one another in general appearance, the only difference 

 observable being that that belonging to the skeleton is somewhat larger 

 generally than the other. This resemblance between the two skulls is 

 confirmed by an examination of the principal measurements, which are 

 given in the annexed table. The maximum length of the one is 174 mm., 

 and of the other 173 mm., while their maximum breadth is 135 mm. and 

 136 mm. respectively. These measurements give a cephalic index to the 

 one of 77-6, and to the other of 786, which places them in the mesato- 

 cephalic group of Flower, and of the Frankfurter Verstendiung. 



The altitudinal index (the ratio of the basio-bregmatic height to the 

 maximum length) differs somewhat in the the two skulls, that belong- 

 ing to the skeleton being considerably higher than the other; but in 

 neither instance does the height exceed the breadth. 



The general form of the cranium, as seen in the norma verticalis, is 



