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The slope of the frontal and parietal bones is even and round, the 

 occiput being full and globular, without any sign however of the "kumbe- 

 kephalic " backward prolongation. 



Comparison of the base of the skull with that in a well-formed Euro- 

 pean of about the same age, exhibits the prognathism of the maxilla more 

 distinctly. The incisor teeth are rather more oblique, and the extero- 

 internal breadth of the canines is greater than in the majority of existing 

 European crania. The molar teeth do not exceed in size the average 

 European proportions. Many of them were afflicted during life with 

 caries to an alarming extent. The frontal bone is moderateh^ arched, the 

 glabella prominent, with no sign of the supraciliary ridges. All the 

 Butures exhibit the normal configuration. 



The ordinarv junction of the alisphenoid with the parietal is present on 

 both sides the skull. The mastoids are small, and the supramastoid ridge 

 is undeveloped. ZSTo peculiarity exists in the form or position of the 

 occipital foramen or of the condyles. The nasal bones are well-developed 

 and T-ather salient. 



The lower jaw does not exhibit any marked peculiarity. 



The appearance of the lower half of the supraoccipital bone is very 

 different from that of the Muskham skull. The surfaces for attachment of 

 muscles are less pronounced ; the furrow for the insertion of the ohi/quus 

 superior muscle is less deep ; the crest, and the superior and inferior 

 linece semici rculares are less developed, and the occipital protuberance, or 

 inion, is less distinct. A small paroccipital tubercle is visible on the right 

 side. The upper half of the supraoccipital is full and globular, and in the 

 rather complex lambdoid suture are at least seven wormian bones, none of 

 which however deserve the term interparietal. 



An examination of the nearly perfect spinal column did not disclose any 

 peculiar characteristic. The bones of the extremities indicate a youthful 

 individual, the epiphj'ses being in many cases separate. 



The animal remains said to be associated with this skull were Bos 

 primigenins and Equus cahaUus. 



The following table is merel}' offered as a temporary and provisional 

 arrangement. Alany of the sections do not represent distinct races, and 

 all the skulls from the river-bed deposits offer many points of analog}^ with 

 each other. The difficulty of laying down any general system can only be 

 appreciated by the practical inquirer. In the meantime, the evidences 

 appear to be capable of arrangement in something like the following 

 order : — 



1. Dolichocephalic. 



/A. Forehead retrocetlent. 



a. Supercihary ridges very larg;e, coutinuous over nasal suture. Neanderthal. 



b. Superciliarics large, a. Foramen maguum abnormal. Muskham. 



)8. Foramen magnum normal ? 



Sennen, Aether Urquhart. 

 Heathery Barn, " B." 



c. Superciliarics small. 



P/i/moKth. 



, Heathery Burn, "A." 



Blackioater. 



Barns (bed of NoreJ. 



Bngis. 



B. Forehead moderately developed, 

 a. Superciliarics small. 



Mevjslade. 

 Eastham. 



\ Leicester. 



