Horizontal periphery,
Extreme length of head and face,
Internal capacity, .
Capacity of the anterior chamber,
Capacity of the posterior chamber,
Capacity of the coronal region,
Facial angle, • *&;,
18. inches.
8.8 inches.
65.5 cubic inches.
19.75 cubic inches.
45.75 cubic inches.
12.75 cubic inches.
61 degrees.
It will be shown in the sequel that the average internal capacity of the
Caucasian or European head is at least ninety cubic inches; and it will be observed
that the three adult skulls in the preceding series of ancient Peruvians; give an
aggregate of two hundred and nineteen cubic inches, or a mean of seventy-three.
It will also be observed, that the mean capacity of the anterior is about one half
of that of the posterior chamber, or twenty-five to forty-seven; while the mean
of the facial angle is but sixty-seven degrees.
T H E CHIMUYANS .
This name, Chimù, was applied rather to a chief than a territory. The
province of the “ Great Chimù ” was very near the present site of Truxillo, in
Peru, and its inhabitants had attained a certain degree of civilisation before they
were conquered by the tenth Inca. My friend Dr. M. Burrough, (now United
States Consul at Vera Cruz,) examined the ruins of the Chimuyan city with great
care, and traced the remains of dwellings, walls and terraces, over an extensive
plot of ground.*
* For some additional particulars respecting the remains of .the ancient demi-civilisation in South
America, the reader is referred to the learned Researches of Dr. M’Culloh, Chap IX.