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FASCICULI MALATENSES 
It will be noted that the measurements of the skulls do not accord with 
those of the heads of four living individuals {antea p. 116), but three of these 
persons belonged to one family, to which the fourth was probably related, and, 
in any case, so small an anthropoid etri cal series is bound to be no more than 
the merest approximation, and is apt to be most fallacious ; we have merely 
placed the figures on record. 
Limb Bones. The long bones of the skeletons that had been exposed in 
this cemetery were in an even less perfect state than the skulls, and they had 
been so dragged about by crabs, rats, and small carnivores—with the tracks of 
which the sand was scored—that it was impossible to say, in most cases, which 
should be associated with which, I succeeded in preserving two femora (A), 
that seemed to be a pair, and an incomplete set of limb bones (R). In 
associating the latter, I was obliged to rely on their condition rather than their 
position, though they lay within a radius of a few yards. They appeared to 
be considerably more recent than the other bones near them, but it was 
impossible to associate them with any skull. 
Measurements 
A 
Femur—Extreme Length ... R: 403 mm. ; L. 405 mm 
Oblique Length ... R. 401 mm. ; L. 405 mm 
Tibia—Extreme Length 
Condylo-Astragalar Length ... ... ... 
Humerus—Length ... ... ... ... ... 
Ulna—Extreme Length ... ... ... ... 
Articular Length ... ... ... 
B 
R. 417 mm. 
R. 415 mm. 
L. 365 mm. 
L, 356 mm. 
R. 295 mm. 
R. 247 mm, 
R, 245 mm. 
Upper Limb . The upper limb is represented by the right humerus, radius, 
and ulna of B, but, except the ulna, these bones are all more or less injured, 
and the lower extremity of the radius is shattered. The humerus is slender, 
but well proportioned, and the muscular ridges are prominent, rather more so 
than on the corresponding bone of the lower limb. The transverse diameter 
of the upper and lower third of the shaft is fairly uniform. There is an 
intercondylar foramen. The radius is also slender, and the transverse diameter 
of the shaft in the corresponding regions is approximately equal. 
Lower Limb . The lower limb is represented by the two femora con¬ 
stituting the specimen A, and by the right femur and left tibia of B, The three 
femora are all slender, and the muscular ridges are not more than moderately 
well marked in either specimen. The lmea aspera is not prominent, and the 
shafts of A are rather more rounded, and have the surfaces less distinct, than that 
