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A Study of the Crania of the Moriori 
1893, Mantegazza had dealt with 16, Sergi with 14, Garson with 8, Hyades with 
8, Sir William Turner with 4 and Quatrefages with 2 skulls. Since his date 
Hultkrantz has had six additional specimens to measure. . Thus there are really 
between 60 and 70 Fuegian crania certainly available and no doubt if further 
search were made we might run the value up to nearly 100, and get substantial 
and important results. Unfortunately some of the writers referred to made very 
inadequate series of measurements, even on the few crania they had at their 
command. Martin puts together a good deal of their measurements, but apparently 
thinks it sufficient to average their averages. This is somewhat dangerous con- 
sidering the large differences in the numbers they have dealt with. He does not 
also, we think, sufficiently emphasise the wide divergencies to be expected when 
means are based on 2 to 10 crania. We have endeavoured to weight the results 
of the various recorders and such are the numbers given without curled brackets 
in the Fuegian column. The values in curled brackets are based solely on 
Martin's 2 ^ and 3 ? crania. The statistically trained mind would say that they 
are worthless as a determination of type. With this statement we should not fail 
to concur, did not the means provided by Hultkrantz for his six skulls combined 
accord so closely with our results for male Fuegians as to force us to the conclusion 
that his crania were practically all males and that by a lucky chance we have 
reached even with such miserably slender material results closely approximating 
to a true Fuegian type*. 
Character 
Table III <^ 
Hultkrantz 
Character 
Table 111$ 
Hultkrantz 
Capacity 
1474 
1443 
Nasal Height 
54-0 
54-6 
Maximum Length 
192-0 
191-5 
Nasal Breadth 
26-3 
25-3 
Maximum Breadth 
1450 
146-1 
Orbital Breadth 
42-5 
40-0 
Basio-bregmatic Height 
1410 
140-6 
Orbital Height 
36-0 
35-3 
Minimum Frontal Breadth 
971 
980 
Orbital Index 
84-6 
87-4 
Profile Angle ... 
82°-0 
83°-6 
Cephalic Index 
76-6 
76-3 
Horizontal Circumference 
5310 
531-0 
Height Index 
73-4 
72-1 
Sagittal Circumference ... 
390-0 
381-0 
Breadth-Height Index 
102-8 
103-9 
Transverse Circumference 
316-5 
316-1 
Foraminal Length ... 
36-0 
35-3 
Bizygomatic Breadth ... 
143-6 
143-5 
Foraminal Breadth ... 
31-0 
31-0 
Profile Length ... 
100-0 
106-0 
Foraminal Index 
89-0 
87-9 
We see how remarkably alike the results are even for such short series, and there 
is sufficient indication that with uniform methods of measurement the existing 
Fuegian crania would suffice to provide a quite good typical series of values. 
Turning to examine Table III a little more closely, we see that we can dismiss 
any relation to the Negro race, either in Sudanese or Bantu form. Egyptians 
and central Europeans show no affinities. It is only with the English or the Long 
Barrow crania that there is any approach, and the latter are so slender in number 
* A more thorough collection and examination of all available Fuegian data will shortly be under- 
taken. 
