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the lower jaws and any loose fragments should, if possible, he 
secured. Write at once on crania &c. any important memoranda, 
as race, locality, sex, rank, and probable age. 
When a skull cannot he brought away, it should he measured 
and described as follows :— 
48 . Greatest length from glabella; 49. Ditto from smooth 
spot above glabella. 50 . Length from glabella to inion. 51 . 
Greatest breadth (see above, 36). 52. Zygomatic breadth (see 
37). 53. Biauricular breadth (from one auditory aperture to 
the other). 54. Least frontal breadth (see 40). 85 . Vertical 
height, externally. 56 . Facial angle. 57 . Length of occipito¬ 
frontal arc, from root of nose to great foramen, divided into :— 
58, frontal; 59, parietal; and 60, occipital portions. 61,62, 63. 
Breadth respectively of these portions. 64. Length of face (41). 
65. Weight of skull. 66. Capacity in ounces of fine sand or 
(better if possible) of water. 67. Setting of teeth, whether 
vertical or oblique. 
Pelvis. Both the internal and external measurements are 
valuable, especially the smallest internal diameters (68, bi¬ 
lateral ; and 69, antero-posterior) of the female pelvis. 
70. Long bones &c. Is platycnemia observed, or the supra- 
condyloid process of the humerus, or any peculiarity in the 
coccyx, or great projection of the heel, or shortness of great 
toe P 
71. Weight of body. If not weighed naked, state what 
allowance should be made for clothing. 
72. Photographs. Two should be taken, one a full front 
face, the other a perfect profile (see figures). The body 
naked if possible. Annex scale of size, and indication of 
colour. Photographs of recent brains, upper or lateral surface, 
are valuable. 
73. Plaster moulds. Of face, head, or any characteristically 
peculiar part, such as the buttocks in a Hottentot woman. 
Contour of head and face, to be taken with strips of lead above 
mentioned (I., B. 2), and plotted down on paper. 
74. Features. Note whether the opening of the eye is hori¬ 
zontal or oblique; the brows arched, prominent, or otherwise; 
the nose aquiline, straight, concave, sinuous, long, thick, flat, 
broad-nostrilled, or otherwise; the mouth broad; the lips thick 
and protruding or otherwise; the chin angular, square, or round; 
the ears large, flat, projecting, simple, or elaborate; the ear¬ 
lobe distinct or absent. 
For recording measurements, it is convenient, and saves time 
