sured from the anterior edge of the foramen magnum, in a direct
line to the sagittal suture, is 5y| inches. A certain angularity or
squareness of the frontal and posterior bi-parietal regions, gives to
this head the. Teutonic form. The posterior or occipital region is
flat and broad, and presents to the eye a somewhat pentagonal outline.
The temporal regions are full, the mastofd processes large,
and the basis cranii nearly round. The outline of the coronal
region resembles a triangle, truncated at the apex. This latter
feature is also seen in one of the Finnic skulls (Ho. 1538).
Sixteen skulls represent the Suevic or Germanic race in Morton’s
Collection. The form of Ho. 37 — the skull of a German woman —
is round. Ho. 1063 — a German of Tubingen — exhibits the square
form very decidedly. The occiput is flattened ; the face large and
long. Ho. 1064-—also of Tubingen—has the Swedish or Horthern,
angular oval, a type distinct from the oval of Southern Europe, with
which hasty observers are apt to confound it. It is a well-formed
head, and in some respects resembles the Anglo-Saxon skull figured
in Crania Britannica. Ho. 1188 — also of Tubingen—resembles the
preceding skull. Ho. 1189 (Tubingen).bears the Swedo-Finnic type.
Hos. 1191 — German of Frankfort — 1192 and 1193 — Prussians of
Berlin — approximate the square form. Hos. 1187 (Frankfort), and
1065 (Prussian), present the Swedish type. Ho. 1066 (Prussian), is
square, or angularly round.
It will thus be seen, from the foregoing observations on the crania
of the races of Horthern, Central, and Western Europe, that we must
distinguish for these regions several distinct cranial types —- a frapporne,
a Finnic, a Horwegian, a Swedish, a Cimbric, a Germanic,
an Anglo-Saxon, a Keltic, &c. ; that the modern Finn represents, in
all probability, the ancient Tchudic or Scythic tribes ; that the Horwegian
and Swedish are varieties of the same type ; that the Germanic
form is intermediate between the Finn and Swede ; thàt the
Anglo-Saxon skull is allied to the Swedish, its facial portion bearing,
to some extent, the Finnic stamp ; that fhe Cimbric type is very
ancient (more ancient, perhaps, than any of the forms just enumerated,
except the Lapponic), resembles the kumbe-kephalic, and
represents a primitive humanitarian epoch; that the Keltic type,
if indeed any such exists, should be regarded as a variety of the
Cimbric — a low and early form ; and lastly, that the various types
of skull to a certain extent approach, represent, and blend with each
other in obedience to the great and, as yet, not properly understood
law of gradation whibh seems to pervade and harmonize all natural
forms, and in consequence, also, of the amalgamations which, within
certain limits, must have accompanied the successive occupancy of
this region by the races of men under consideration.
In the following Table, the reader will find these races compared
together in relation to their cranial capacities.
T A B L E in.
E u r o p e a n C k a n i a .
1w3
s
$§m
02
g
fH
Finns. Swedes. Germans. Anglo-
Saxons.
Anglo-Americans.
Kelts.
I
Cimbri. I
No. in
Caiai-
logite.
i a No. in
Catalogue.
i.e . No. in
Catalogue.
1. C.
No. in
Catalogue.
I. G
N o .in
Catalogue.
l.C .
No. in
Catalogue.
1. G
No. in
Catalogue.
I. C.
1534
1535
1536
1537
1538
1539
1540
1541
94.5
97.5
112.5
84.25
105.
81.5
88.5
99.
1486
1545
1546
1547
1548
1549
99
107.5
93.75
102.
94.
108.25
706
1063
1188
1189
1191
1187
434
1065
1066
94.
86.
85.
78.
95.
104.
114.
92.
80.
80
539
991
59
91
92
105
99
552
899
1108
97
91
95
21
42
52
985
1186
1564
93
,97
82
93
77
87.5
1255
1532
1550
80
80
94
Mean.. 95.34 100.75 92. 96.75 94.33 88..25 84.66
1247
1487
85.
65.
1064
1062
1192
1193
91.
93.
82.
80.
7
24
83.
•82.
18 78. 1249 83
Mean o f two Sexes . 94.31 90.3 89.6 86.78 84.25
In the above Table, the reader will observe the high cranial
capacities of the Swedes,- Finns, and Germans; he will also perceive
that the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Americans possess the same
large average; while the mean for the Kelts and Cimbri is several
inches less. It is a curious fact, that in the column marked “ Kelts,”
Hos. 21, 42, 52, and 985‘ exhibit the Gothic type, as before mentioned
(page 301), and have in general the high internal capacity
of the Horthern races; while Hos. 18, 1186, and 1564, which are
of the Cimbric type, possess a lower internal capacity. The Table
is not extensive enough to base upon this interesting fact any posi-
ive conclusion; but as far as this fact goes, it appears to me to
infirm the suggestion already advanced, that the Cimbric and
Keltic -types of skull are closely allied, if not, indeed, identical.
As the observant traveller, coming from the west, approaches the
banks of the Vistula, he becomes aware of some modifications of the
cranial type just described, — modifications which call to his mind