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of European origin, it remains to compare or contrast it with 
others of a lowlier type. 
(a) As regards the Kikuyu tribe, the only available material 
is the female cranium (Mus. Anat. Cant., No. 5418), presented 
to the University Collection by Mr. Hobley. In details, some 
marked points of contrast appear. But before mentioning 
these, it is important to note that changes associated with 
senility might prove amply sufficient to transform the young 
female skull (5418) into a fair likeness of the 4 ancient ’ Kikuyu 
skull. 
The points of difference remarked above are as follows : the 
younger Kikuyu skull (5418) is less elongated (cephalic index 
78*5), less flat (altitudinal index 71-8), though more pro- 
gnathous (alveolar index 102*6), while the nasal aperture is 
distinctly wider (nasal index 58*9). 
(b) The A-Kamba or Wa-Kamba natives are a Bantu tribe, 
neighbours of the Kikuyu. Few crania of the Wa-Kamba are 
to be found in European collections. The Cambridge Museum 
contains, however, three specimens, presented by Mr. Hobley. 
These crania were described by me in Man (1909, No. 69). 
Although small, and presenting points of resemblance with 
South African Bush crania, the Wa-Kamba skulls are less 
dolichocephalic and less platycephalic than the ancient 
Kikuyu skull. But among five Wa-Kamba skulls in the 
Aberdeen Museum (described by Dr. James Adams in the 
Proc. Aberdeen Anth. and Anat. Society, 1902) one (No. II of 
that series) certainly presents a definite similarity to the 
ancient Kikuyu skull. The Wa-Kamba skull No. II is less 
dolichocephalic, but it is distinctly flattened, and in its 
maxillary and nasal characters it appears like the Kikuyu skull. 
Dr. Adams also remarks that No. II is the skull of an aged man, 
and that it resembles crania of Bush natives of South Africa. 
No detailed comparison is possible, owing to the abbreviated 
account provided by the memoir to which reference has been 
made. 
(c) The Bush natives of South Africa have been mentioned 
in several places in the preceding paragraphs. The ancient 
Kikuyu skull resembles Bush skulls in respect of the lower 
jaw, and to some extent in the frontal region and face. But 
