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Vertical view. — Head oval (seen above) : oval figure rather long, viz. 

 the longitudinal diameter is long in proportion to the transverse. The 

 oval figure narrower in the anterior than in the posterior part. Occi- 

 put protuberant (not truncated as Retzius thinks it is in the Tartar 

 races), vertical ridge or crest, strongly marked. 



Basis of the Skull. — Basis broad (as the basis of the Esquimaux 

 skull in the plate of 4 basis in my Researches into Physical History, 

 vol. 1.) 



Zygomatic areas (meaning the nearly oval spaces in the view of basis 

 cranii, which are enclosed externally by the Zygomatic arches) large 

 and open as in the figure of the Esquimaux skull above mentioned, but 

 not so oval in shape, the anterior part being more square and angular. 

 Foramen occipitale small. 



No. 10, Cachar Bhotia — Symbhunath, — Skull a good deal like No. 8, 

 but not so flat-faced. Maxilla superior, prognathous. — Alveolar process 

 round, not so square as in No. 8. Nasal bones not so flat, but face 

 broad in the plane of the cheek bones. — Margins of the orbits thick 

 and prominent, both above and below the orbital cavity. 



Basis. — Zygomatic areas large, open, square and angular anteriorly. 

 This is the most characteristic trait, and gives rise to the breadth of the 

 face. 



No. 2. — Hillman — Bhotia — Symbhunath. — Vertical section of the 

 head (vertical figure) of an oval form. Face not broad or flat. Nasal 

 bones prominent. Orbits square. Forehead high and well formed, having 

 the prominences which Gall calls organs of comparison well developed. 

 Whole form of skull approaching the European type, and wanting all 

 Chinese and Mongolian characters, except one, viz., the cheek bones 

 are square and angular, and the zygomatic areas in the basis cranii, 

 large and square anteriorly. 



No. 4. — Hillman, probably Newar, procured at Sankmol. 



Head large, nearly of the same size as No. 8, and in general shape 

 resembling it, only with all its peculiarities softened. 



Cheek bones rounder, not so square and angular. Zygomatic arches 

 not nearly so large. Zygomatic areas viewed in the basis cranii, not 

 nearly so large and open. 



Nasal bones much more prominent. Face not nearly so wide and 

 flat. Upper jaw equally prognathous, but the alveolar process not so 



