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Show I '! 322 TllE CRANIAL CTIARAOTERISTIOS illustrates a remarkable head, which may serve as a typo of tho genuinc Egyptian conformation. Tho lonrr oval Cl:anium, tho r ~ ding for h acl, g ntly aquiline nose, and retracted ohm, together WJth the marked distance between the nose and mouth, and tho long, smooth l1ail', arc all characteristic of tho monumental Egyptian," and well shown in Figs. 44, 45, 46 (ret1·o ). " To this we may adrl, that the most clcfici.cnt pm't of tho Egyptian skull is tho corOJlal region, which is cxtrcm ly low, while tho posterior chamber is remarlrobly full and prominent." Tho Pelasgic form is Fip;. 17. represented in Fig. 47-"A beautifullyformed head, with a forehead high, full, and nearly vertical, a good coronal region, and larg ly dev lop d o ciput. Tho na al bonos arc lo11g and straight, and tho whole facial structure deli ately proportioned. Ago b twccu 30 and 35 years. Internal capacity 88 cubic inch s; facial anglo 81°. Pelasgicjorm,"-and in Fig. 48,-"IIcad Fig. 4!l. of a woman of thirty, of a faultloss Caucasian moultl. Tho hair, which is in profusion, is of a dark brown tint, and delicately curled. Pelasgicform." Fig. 49, originttllydelin atedin Napol on'slJescription de l' Egypte, admirably illusteatcs tho J~gyptian ty1 e or confignration. OC the Fcllahs of Lower ljjgypt, tho lin rtl descendants of th anci nt rural Bgyptians, an excellent icl a may be obtained from tho engraving on next page (ll ig. 50), rcpeosonting five skullf:! of this people. "Tho skull of tho Fellah is strikingly like that of the ancient Egyptian. It is long, narrow, somewhat flttttoned on tho sides, and very prominent in tho occiput. rrllO coronal region is low, tho forclJcad mod ratcly receding, the nasal bonos long ancl nearly straight, tho <:llCcl~-bones small, the ma,.xillary region slightly prognatl1ons, and tho whole cranial structure thi.n and delicate. But, notwitbstauding OF THE RACES OF MEN. 323 Fig. 60. these resemblances between the Fellah and Egyptian skulls, tho latter possess what may be called an osteological expression peculiar to t}Jcmsolvos, and not soon in tho Fellah." According to PRUNER, tho skull of tho Fellah is broader and thicker than that of the Arab.2n Fig. 51 represents a Coptic cranium, which Morton describes as " elongated, nanow, but otherwise mediately developed in front, with groat breadth and ful ness in the whole posterior region. The nasal bonos, though prominent, arc broad, short, and concave, and the upper jaw is everted. There is also a remarkable distance be-tween tho eyes." 212 Fig. 61. Turn we now to tho consideration of the human skull-typos cho,.. ractorizhw the so-called African Realm-a region cut off, as it wore, from tho rest of tho world by tho vast Saharan Desert, once the bed of an ancient ocean, but now constituting a natural line of demarcation between the organic worlds of Europe and Afi·ica. A glauco at a largo chart or map of the African continent, as at present known to us, reveals tho various races or nations of this part of the world, distributed in a somewhat triangular manner. The apex of this triangle, composed of tho Hottentot family, coincides with tho southern extremity of the continent; tho two ~irlofl are t·oprosented by tho tribes of tho western and eastern coast~:;; while the base, skirting the sands of Sahara, and str tching from 241 Dio Uoborbloibsel dor nltiigyptischon Monscbenra9o. Von Dr. Fran~ Pruner, Miinohcn, 1846, p. 18. ro Crania lEgyptiaoa, p. 67. |