400 



JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). [Vol. IX- 



II.— Statements of Mr. Flower.* 





Men. 



Women. 



Uncertain. 



No. 



cub. cm. 



cub. cm. 



cub. cm. 



675 



1,140 ... 





— 



676 



— 



1,225 



— 



677 



— 



— 



1,235 



678 



— 



1,250 





679 



— 



960 



— 



680 



1,225 



— 



— 



681 



1,260 



— 



— 



£89 



1 190 







683 







1300 



Average of 



i 4 men's skulls ... 





1,261 cub. cm. 



Do. 



3 women's skulls 





1,145 „ 



Tin 



DO. 



2 uncertain skulls 





1,269 „ 



Tin 



9 Yeddas' skulls 





1,224 ,, 





III— My own 



Statements. 





Men: 





Women. 





No. cub. cm. 



cub. cm. 





1 ... — 





1,250 





4 ... — 





1,025 





5 ... 1,360 







Average of 



3 Yeddas' skulls... 





1,211 cub. cm 



Do. 



20 Yeddas' skulls... 





1,261 „ 



Do. 



8 men's skulls ... 





1,336 „ 



Do. 



10 women's skulls 





1,201 „ 



Only two men's skulls, viz., No. 10 among Mr. Davis's and 

 No, 682 among Mr. Flower's, exceed 1,400. The first measures 

 1,614 cub. cm., and is called by Mr. Davis himself " abnor- 

 mally large"; the other measures 1,420 cub. cm. All the rest 

 of the measurements given are much less, — three between 

 1,100 and 1,200 cub. cm. and eight between 1,200 and 1,300 

 cub. cm. The average of 1,261 computed above may, there- 

 fore, be esteemed a pretty fair measure. 



The amount of the variation is particularly worthy of 

 attention. If we take the two extremes, the woman's skull 



Archiv. fur Anthropologic Bd,, I. s., 272. 



