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(v) Teeth. 
Teeth were present in only a few skulls, but in these the following peculiarities 
were noted, all in female skulls: in one case the left canine has descended behind 
the lateral incisor (as in the Whitechapel sknll No. 7041) ; in another, the 
premolar and molar ranges were markedly convex downwards ; and in a third, 
there was a retained and displaced canine. 
The result of this examination, I venture to think, is that, in spite of the 
paucity of examples of precondylar eminences and interparietals, which were so 
remarkable a feature in the Whitechapel skulls, our pi'esent series has a peculiar 
interest of its own, owing to the great number of abnormalities of one kind or 
another which it disjilays. 
(8) Frequency Distributions and Correlation of Cranial Characters. 
Owing to the shortness of the Moorfields series I have not calculated the 
frequency distributions, and for the same reason a determination of the numerous 
correlations which were given in my Whitechapel paper is not attempted here; but 
it may be of some interest to show the correlations of head length, breadth, and 
height in female skulls, as there are considerably more of them than of males. 
These are shown in the following Table : 
TABLE XII. 
Correlation of Cranial Characters. Female Crania. 
Pair of Characters 
No. 
Moorfields English 
No. 
Whitechapel English 
L and H 
u 
•2.39+ -096 
120 
•425+ •051 
L and B 
57 
•619+ ^055 
130 
•350+ -052 
B and H 
•293+ -093 
115 
•340+ -056 
The differences are somewhat considerable, although in the first and last case 
within the range indicated by once to twice the probable error. The high 
correlation between L and B in the case of the Moorfields crania is remarkable, 
and exceeds considerably the values hitherto obtained. If not due to some special 
disturbing source in the sample, e.g. the ^^reservation of some very small female 
skulls, it shows how little weight can be laid on the correlation values obtained 
from small series of crania. 
(9) Gener-al Conclusions. 
The general conclusions to which I was led by a detailed study of the 
Whitechapel skulls and a partial examination of the Moorfields series were given 
in my former paper*, and are confirmed by the fuller investigation contained 
* Biomctrika, Vol. iii. pp. 200—7, 217, 240—244. 
