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the sutura mendosa, a deep transverse impression (einsch- 

 niirung .?) which, in a manner cuts off the ball-shaped squama 

 superioris, and is deepest at the lambdoidal suture. 



A view of the skull from below gives the impression of 

 breadth, principally in the mastoid region, whilst the laterally 

 narrowed and very small occipital part seems rather long. 

 The mastoid processes small, with a deep fissure. Foramen 

 magnum very large, especially long and posteriorly — in the 

 middle of the border having a secondary curving out (indica- 

 tion of spina bifida occipitalis ?) ; on either side in front of 

 this a thickened place forming a smooth articulating surface, 

 evidently for the reception of the ring of the atlas. Length 

 of the foramen (with the curving out) 36, breadth 25. 



From a front view is seen a low, broad forehead, with very 

 distinct eminencies and large nasal process. At the lower 

 part of the latter a short remnant of the frontal suture. The 

 orbits high and large diagonally, widened above and out- 

 wardly ; index 83*3, therefore mesokonch. The root of the 

 nose broad and somewhat flattened, the bridge slightly 

 arched and short, bent forward and downward at the end ; the 

 sutura naso frontalis flat, and only slightly projecting above 

 the plane of the sutura maxillo frontalis. The aperture high 

 and triangular, with rounded corners ; nose index 55*5, there- 

 fore platyrrhine. Alveolar process not at all prognathous, 

 but the teeth somewhat obliquely directed forward. Palate 

 short and broad, almost the shape of a horse-shoe, with a large 

 (17 mm. long, from front to back) palatal plate ; index 86*8, 

 therefore brachystaphyline. The curve of the teeth short and 

 wide, diverging behind. 



From this description it is manifest that the last of the 

 three skulls differs in the chief respects from the two others, 

 and it is easy to understand that this difference would have 

 become very much greater if the child had lived and com- 

 pleted its development. It will appear later that in these 

 main points it approaches the skulls of the Tamils, although 

 these, among themselves, present no small differences. I 



