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Cranial in has long been a subject of inquiry for various 
urpose . Hovelacque quotes from Broca the following: 
Male. 
Female. 
ie Ut Rae a Pee See ees aa f: + cu. dm. 1.445 
ME: BIRCODS sc) is ace er JA cee EMRE 1.564 1.366 
amea. Hamels Ea ea lS wp Rin Ache Aik ee 1.574 1.356 
Esquima Vis Cenk tea eee i A 1 428 
New Calais Se OVERS Ves Ol are E a 1.330 
nea Negroes ......... I ee 1.251 
PATRON IAS DOARRE NEEE EE pin nines E T 1.329 1.198 
The cephalic index is the ratio of the width to the length of 
the skull, alieni ee and for convenience has received 
Dolicocephaly .......0.ccec sce c cree esses eenseuases .75 and below. 
Sub- dolicocephaly | Kap eus cus oe owe ik <i su Sip dine dines ERS -7501—.777 
Mesaticephaly . 0... 05. s-sc0cscccnncsedes seeetadees -7778-.80 
Sub ris taal <r Se Sang ApE ape ye RES AE OS Boe oe wae 8001=.8333 
Brachycephaly,........00 secesccvecconsvesucssssess .8334 and upwards, 
The races of men have been measured with a view to ascer- 
taining their cephalic index. There are those who strenuously 
Maintain that no evidence of race can be found in these measure- 
ments, notably, of late, Mikluko-Maclay, respecting the Papuans ; 
on the other hand, the utmost confidence is reposed in them by 
others. M. Hovelacque furnishes the following table: 
e T 5 Odes ca ey uke On: 71 Span. Basques......+++--+- ra 
Veddahs UE g | Bas seiere ee ie 
PEPE AEE TOEO TAE TE Gens 71 Annamites.. s.s.s... AGAN a 
Pagonims 3.25) oa gan E uthenes (Slav. Wick aye he ‘82 
I fttentots Sows cuss sb can ee 72 lagy r o ee PEE ES .82 
C ya HO oe palo, Gy Sere! . .72 So. Germans ......+.-+++05 
GOME a e Ai nun ee 0s qa. EA ches "(Slavs of Bohemia). . 
{ hic ne ade sc eO Bes E sig 73 Croats... 2. ce ee ence eee e eee 
MN R = 0 Se ee 74 preng eti P E E 84 
Egyptian 76 Auvergnats .......0+-+-+++ ‘84 
Poliesans hs eee oes 76 Savoyards ....00.+--+-ee08 85 
Ainos 27D © Lapis ces vase cce cutee ses P AS 
a a E E A eyes 17 
The orbital index is another character of racial importance, it 
is the ratio of the height to the width of the orbital cavity. A 
few sok will show the variation in this regard : 
E E debs .. -804  Auvergnats.....-.sseeeees 865 
ah r Caledonians. perk na p006 Indo-Chinese TRTO 
E E cee cs ... 836 Javanese. .... .. 9I 
arenai Uaioe e i so - 84 Polynesians .....+++++++++ 92 
Croats . iat "845 Chinese. ..... ee 938 
The number of parts thus amenable to measurement are 
counted by the hundred, M. Topinard gives 105 in the “ Peedi 
et Procédés craniometriques de Broca.” The subject of asym- 
metry as related to crime and atavism has been tsia aiy 
forward by the trial of Guiteau, the assassin. 
 Diatecrs or Borivian Inpians—Dr. Edwin R. Heath, after a 
three years’ residence in the department of Beni, in South Amer- 
