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Show 300 TilE CRANIAL CIIATIACTERISTICS "Tho Anglo-Americans-the lineal d scondrmts of tho Anglo-Sttxons-conform in all their obaractorislics to the pn1·ont stock. 1'hoy possess, in common with thoit· Euglish nnccstors, aml in oousequeuce of their amalgnmntiou, n mot·o olongn.lod hondl92 thnn tho unmixed Gormnns. 1'ho fow crnnia in my possession hnve, without exception, beon derived from tho lowest nnd lenst cultivntod portion of the commuuity-mnlofnctors, pn.upcrs, n.nd lunntic~. The lnrgoat brnin hns been 97 cubic inches; the smrtllost 82; nnd tho menn of 90 (nearly) accords with thnt of the collective Teutonic race. Tho sexes of those seven skulls are fom· male nnd throe fomnle.''-(lVJOnTON). Craniographers have not yet agreed upon the essential characters of the typical Keltic skulL Accol'<ling to PmcrrARD, "Somo romaint~ found in Britain give reason to suspect that the Celtic inhabitantt~ of this country (Britain) had. in early timeR something of the Mongolian or Turanian form of the head." 193 Dr. MoRTON informs us that the Kelts of BL"ittany, Scotland, and Irelan d.-the descendants of tho primitive Gael-" have tho head rath r eloncrated, and the fol'oheacl narrow and but slightly arched: the brow is low, straight, and bushy; tho oyes and hair are light, the nose m1d mouth large, and tho chockbonos high. The general contour of tho face is angular, and tho oxr rcssion harsh." 101 In a letter to Mr. Gl,IDDON, he alludes to the Tokkari, a people fL"cquently r presented on tho Egyptian monuments (Fig. 28), in tho following terms: They "have strono- Oeltia features; as seen in tho sbarp face, tho large and in gularly-formod noso, wide month, and a certain harshness of O)cpressi.on, which is characteristic of tho same people in all their varied localities. Those who arc fami- Toi{KAR!. liar with tho southern llighlandcrs (of Scot-land.), may rocoo-nise a sr caking resemblance." 100 Prof. RETzrus places tho Koltlc cranium in his dolichocephalic class, and describes it as long, narrow, laterally compressed, and low in tho .forehead. Dr. GusnF KoMn T speaks of the K ltic sl ull as "elongated from front to back, moderate in breadth and length." 196 In a letter to Dr.1'IIURNAM, one of tho authors of Crania Britannica, Prof: NrtRSON declares that nothing is more uncertain and vague than tho so-called form of tho Keltic cranium, for hardly two authors have the same opinion of it. 107 192 "This pcculittritymust continuo to develop i tsclf sti ll more obviously in the United Stntes in consequence of the immense influx of a pnrc Celtic populntion ft·om the south and wcs~ of lrelnnd;. fo~ this. populntion, by intermnrrittge with fnmilics of English nncl Germo.n descent, wlule 1t rnp1dly loses its own nntiono.lphysiognomy, will lonvc its traces in a po.rt, at least, of tho Anglo-Saxon rncc by whom it is overywltcrc surrounded." 1 93 Rose~trchos, &c., vol. III., p. XX. IOl Crnnin. Amcricn.ntt p 1() 193 Letter dntcd Philnclo.., Nov. 28, 1842. 100 Keith Johnston's Ph;sic~l Atlas m Orunia Dritannioa, p. 17. ' OF TilE RACES OF MEN. SERRES' Gale?·ie Antltropologique, at Paris, contains a skull (Fig. 29) marked " Type Celto, - d6convort claus l'ancien pare de Madame de Pompadour a Bollovuo, pres Paris." The discrepancy of opinion indicated in the preceding paragraph, results from the fhct already stated, that Ireland has at different periods been the home of different and distinct races of men, whose history is recorded only on their mouldering osseous remains, and the rude imFig. 29. TYPE CELTE. 301 plements with which those remains are generally found as ociated. These cliff·eront races have transmitted, in varyi11g deo-rees of purity, their respective and peculiar typos of skull to tho Irish population of the present day. 1'o each and all of thoso typos, tho term "Keltic" has been applied; hence, tho term has at length become synonymous with "Irish," ant!, therefore, lost all definite and certain moaning, just ns tho very comproh nsivo word "American," as applied to tho hotcrorreneous population of tho United States, moans Dutch, Eno-lish, Irish, French, RoJ. Indians, &c., &c. Tho Keltic race is represented in the Mortonian Collection by eight Irish heads, four skulls from tho Parisian catacombs, and one fl'om tho field of Waterloo. No. 18-a female Irish skull from the Abbey of Buttovant, County of Cork-has a form intermediate between tlJO Cimbric aHd Swedish typos, already do cribed on vage 291. In No. 21 -a s ld i or killed at tho battle of Chippoway -the Gothic or Teutonic calvarial form is associated ·with a heavy, massive face. No. 42-the skull of an Irishman, rotat. 21, imprisoned for larceny, an<l in all respects a vicious and refractory cbaractor-approachos tho square Germanic form. No. 52-from the Abbey ofButtovantrhas tho same form. No. 985-sl-ull of an Irishman, rotat. 60 yearsbeing rather broad between tho pari tal tubers, also approximates tho Gothic typo. The faco resembles that of some of tho ] inns, but is smaller and less massive. No. 1186-an Irish cranium from Mayo County- belongs to tho peculiar boat-shaped Cimbric typo. No. 1356 -a cast of tho skull of one of tho ancient Celtic race of Ireland 19s_ appears to mo to be the most typical in tl1e Irish group thus briefly enumerated. Tbis head, tbo largest in tbe group, is 198 This cast benrs the following memornndum: "Doscenclnnt of nn nnoient Irish King, Aloxnndor O'Connor.- Origiurll in Dublin." |