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in A and B they were more rounded, mesoseme. In all the jaw was orthognathous. 

 The face was low in proportion to the breadth, chaimeprosopic, from the immaturity 

 of the dental arcades. The capacity ranged from 1250 to 1390 c.c. (Table II). 



Largs, Ayrshire. — In 1906 a cist 4£ feet long, 2| feet wide, and 2 feet deep 

 was exposed and described by Dr Robert Munro* It contained an aged skeleton, 

 the teeth much worn and sutures ossified. The skull was examined by Professor 

 D. J. Cunningham, it was brachycephalic with marked parieto-occipital flattening, 



Fig! 19. — Ardaeliy, Mull : profile and face. 



cephalic index 84*6, vertical index 78"8 (Table III) ; some broken pottery which the 

 Hon. John Abercromby recognised as a beaker urn was present. 



I shall now transcribe from my notebook several skulls from short cists, the 

 characters and dimensions of which have not previously been recorded. 



Leith. — This cist contained a female skull injured, A, and the calvaria of a male 

 advanced in years, B. A was broadly ovoid, not ridged in the sagittal region 

 and sloping gently to the parietal eminences. As the occipital squama was broken, 

 the parieto-occipital slope was imperfect and moderately steep. The forehead 



* Proc. Roy. Hoc. Edin., vol. xxvi, 1907. 



