601 



abnonnal specimeiiB} but tiidre ia a regular gradation up to 

 them, which always beconiea more perfect the latter the number 

 of specimens compared. Thus, besides the extreme Dolicocephalic 

 skull (70) in the supposed Braehy-cephalic Malay group, there 

 are others which have W ;L, -71, •7' 2 and '73, so that we have 

 m^rj reason to believe that with more specimens we should get 

 a still narrower form of skull. So the very largo cranium, 91 

 ounceS) is led up to by others of 87 and 88. 



The largest) in an extensive aeriea of English^ Scotch, and 

 Irish crania, was only 92 '5 ounces. 



Papuan3, — There are only four true Papuan crania in the 

 collection, and these vary considerably (WiL '72 to 'SS), 

 Taking, however, the natives of the Solomon Islands, Hew 

 Calpdonia, Kew Hebrides, and the Fijis as being all decidedly 

 of Papuan race, we have a aeries of 28 crania (23 malo), and 

 these give us :— Capacity, 66 to 80 ; \V:L, -65 to -85 ; 11 :L, 

 •71 to '85; so nearly identical with some of the Malayan groups 

 as to offer no dear points of difference. 



The Polynesians, the Australians, and the African negroes 

 offer equally wide ranges of variation, as will be seen by the 

 following Bummary of the dimensions of the crania of these 

 races and the preceding : — 



Number i 

 uf Cnmiti. 





W: L. 



B 



:L, 





83. Malays {66 male). 



60 



to 



91 



•70 to 



■02 



72 



to 



•90 



28. Papatins (23 m. ) . 



6d 



** 



SO 



■^5 „ 



•85 



11 



*i 



•85 



156, Polyn€aiaiis(90m.) 



62 



*» 



91 



■fl9 „ 



■00 



•68 



n 



•88 



23. Anstraljana <1S m.) 



59 



♦» 



86 



'ST t, 





-64 





*S0 



1% NegrD«8 (38 m.) . 



63 



It 



87 



•64 



•sa 



•65 





•81 



The only conclusions that we can ilraw from this table are, 

 that the Australians have the smallest crania, and the Poly- 

 nesians the largest \ the Negroes, the Malays, and Papnaus not 



