MR. BUSK 0>~ VEDDAH SKULLS. 



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number it seems possible to arrive at some notion of the charac- 

 teristics of the Yeddah cranium. 



For the purpose of comparison, there are placed on the table 

 the skulls of a Malay from Singapore, of two Polynesian Malays, 

 of an Australian, of two African intratropical negroes, and some 

 European skulls. 



On comparison with these, it appears that the Yeddah skulls 

 are remarkable for their small size and lightness, more than for 

 any particular conformation. They are orthognathic, dolichoce- 

 phalic ("739) ; and their chief peculiarity appears to be their great 

 height as compared with their breadth. In general form they show 

 no resemblance to either the Malay, Australian, or Xegro. Their 

 real relations may probably be found among some of the Hill- 

 tribes of intertropical India. The following tables are exhibited 

 to show the mean dimensions of the crania of some of the different 

 races of mankind, taken however from no very large numbers, 

 and therefore liable to future alteration. 





Euro- 

 pean. 



Extra- 

 tropical 

 Negro. 



Tropical 

 Negro. 



Austra- 

 lian. 



Hindoo. 



Veddah. 





riches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Length 



7'23 



7-12 



715 



715 



6-64 



6-56 



Breadth 



5-56 



5-46 



512 



5-19 



5-28 



4-85 



Height 



565 



5-73 



5-45 



5-32 



550 



5-40 



Circumference 



20-60 



20-50 



1981 



19-30 



19-12 



18-50 



Mean general dhnens. 



39-04 



38-81 



37-53 



36-96 



36-54 



35-31 



The relative proportions of the three regions of the cranium 

 taken in a mode presently to be described, in the different races 

 compared, might be expressed numerically as under : — 



Region. 



Euro- 

 pean. 



Extra- 

 tropical 

 Negro (3 

 cases only). 



Tropical 

 Negro. 



Austra- 

 lian. 



Hindoo. 



Veddah. 



Frontal 



Parietal 



30-63 

 28-77 

 24-29 



2973 

 28-66 

 25-33 



28-94 

 27-80 

 23-92 



28-90 

 26-90 

 23-33 



28-58 

 28-47 

 23-18 



27-57 

 25-95 

 22-23 



The mean dimensions of an Andaman Islander's skull, exhibited 

 at the Ethnological Society by Prof. Owen, was 35-0 inches. 

 The Yeddah skulls, therefore, estimated in this way, would appear 

 to be amongst those of the lowest cranial type, being smaller 

 even than those of the Bosjesmen, to judge from the crania belong- 

 ing to that race in the Museum of the Eoyal College of Surgeons. 



The mode in which were taken the different measurements from 



