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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- 
ke])halic " 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 moderately arched, the 
glabella prominent, with no sign of the supraciliary ridges. All the 
Butures exhibit the normal configuration. 
The ordinary junction of the alispheuoid with the parietal is present on 
both sides the skull. The mastoids are small, and the supramastoid ridge 
is undeveloped. No peculiarity exists in the form or position of the 
occipital foramen or of the condyles. The nasal bones are well-developed 
and i-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 ohliquus 
superior muscb is less deep ; the crest, and the superior and inferior 
linece semicirculares 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 epiphyses being in many cases separate. 
The animal remains said to be associated with this skidl were Bos 
primigenius and JEquus cahalliis. 
The following table is merely offered as a temporary and provisional 
arrangement. Many of the sections do not represent distinct races, and 
all the skulls from the river-bed deposits ofler many points of analogy 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 retrocedent. 
a. Superciliary ridges very large, continuous over nasal suture. NeandertJial. 
b. Superciliaries large, o. Foramen magnum abnormal. Muskham. 
/3. Foramen magnum normal ? 
Setinen, liether Urqnhart. 
Heathery Burn, " B." 
c. Superciliaries small. 
Plymouth. 
( Heathery Bur n^"k." 
Blackwater. 
Borris (bed of NoreJ. 
Engis. 
B. Forehead moderately developed, 
a. Superciliaries small. 
Mevjslade. 
Eastham. 
\ Leicester. 
