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of Sir E. Tennent, Bailey, and Hartshorne, which emphasise 

 the flatness of the nose, are in unison with this ; and the 

 pictures I have given, taken from photographs, also show 

 plainly the depressed form of the root of the nose and the 

 breadth of the rings. 



The face altogether seems to be low, flattened throughout. 

 The front view of the skull given by the Messrs. de Quatre- 

 fages and Hamy in their pictures exhibits this in a splendid 

 manner. I obtained an index (relation of the entire facial 

 height to the breadth of the zygomatic bone) of 83*1. 



From the measurements of Mr. Davis I calculate as an 

 average of five skulls almost the same figure, viz., 83*8. 

 According to this the type is therefore, on the whole, 

 chamseprosopous ; and, as far as I can now discover, with the 

 women more than with the men. The skulls of Mr. Bernard 

 Davis show : — 



Men. Women, 

 mm. mm. 



88-2 ... — 



87-5 ... — 



— ... 82 9 



— ... 80-8 



— ... 80'0 



Average ... 87-8 ... 81-2 



Notwithstanding the depression of the faces, they are not 

 actually broad. It is because of the slight prominence of 

 the zygomatic arches and bones which Mr. Bernard Davis 

 has already mentioned in contrast to the African races. 

 Only the London skull, of which Messrs. de Quatrefages 

 and Hamy have given us a picture, appears comparatively 

 broad, and chiefly, it would seem, owing to the strong develop- 

 ment of the processus zygomaticus of the maxillary bone, 

 and the consequently increased size of the lower zygomatic 

 protuberance. 



Mr. Flower calculates, besides the alreolar index, the means 

 by this, the present relation of the " basilar alvesli " length 



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