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aspect. The main characteristic of the skull is breadth, and 
especially in the occipital region ; and the form is most dis- 
tinct from that of the modern English head, which, in the 
main, is oval, as it is also from that of the so-called Kelt, 
whether Irish, Scotch, or Welsh, which is oval too, but of a 
somewhat different form from the oval Teutonic head. It may 
serve to give you some idea of the relative proportion, as re- 
gards breadth, between the British and Anglo-Saxon skull, 
when I tell you that thirty British skulls, taking one hundred 
to represent the length, had an average breadth of eighty- two, 
whilst thirty Anglo-Saxon skulls had an average breadth of 
sevent}r-four ; the whole sixty skulls being taken at random, 
and not selected in any way. The teeth are usually well 
preserved, rarely shewing any signs of decay, but are always 
very much worn down, due, no doubt, to the food they prin- 
cipally lived upon. I only know of one instance where any 
hair has been observed, and that occured near Pickering, in 
the North Riding, where, in a barrow, one urn was found 
covering another, round the base of which was laid a tress of 
light auburn hair, braided in four plaits; a long-treasured 
memorial, perhaps, of one who had died before her husband. 
As regards their dress, there is not much to be said, for its 
very nature precludes the possibility of its remaining to our 
days. Portions, however, of garments have been found, 
usually of woollen fabric, but in other instances of leather. 
I found under a barrow in Craven, enclosed in a coffin made 
out of a split and hollowed oak-tree, a body which had been 
enveloped, from head to foot, in a textile fabric of wool, 
loosely woven; unfortunately, the decayed state of the stuff 
made it impossible to recover more than mere fragments, so 
that nothing as to shape could be made out. Judging, 
however, from similar interments found, under almost 
identical circumstances, in Denmark, it is probable that the 
body had been buried in the ordinary garments of the owner. 
