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Show I 330 THE CRANIAL OITARACTERISTICS vails amoncr the inhabitants. Thus, in the Gabun alone, WILSON distinguish~s at least five very marked typ s. "1. Thoro is ~he Jewish type, where tho profile is strikingly Jewish, tho compl xton either a pale or reddish brown, the head w 11-formcd, figure sl nder, but well-formed and the hair nearly as woolly as that of the pure Negro. 2. Thc~·e is another, that may be rcgar.dcu as the Jj'ulal• type, where the stature is of middle sir.c, c~m_rlex1.0n a da1·k b~·own, the face oval, and features regular, the han m some cas s cr1 p or woolly, and in others soft and oven silky. 3. The Kaffi1' type, ·where the fi·amo is hu·go and strong, the complexion a reddish-brown, the lips thick, but not turned out, tho nose somewhat uilatcd, but .n?t flat like the N ogro, the hands and feet well-formed, but tl10 ha1r 1s crisp or woolly. 4. A type corr sponding to the dcscl'ii tion given of th Kamorun and Corisco men, and in some cases showing a decided appeoximation to tho features of the Somaulis, represented in Prichard's work on tho physical history of Man. 5. Whut may bo regarded as an approxirqation to tho true N ogro typo, tho most stl'iking instance of which wo have evee soon, is that of a man by tho name of Toko, whose lil-oncss is to be found in tho lJay-Star, for 1847. But oven this shows a much bettor formed head, and a more intelligent countenance, than b longs to tho pure N ogro." 266 In a Bcnguolla sknll in the Collection (No. 421), tho forehead is broad and capacious, tho calvn1·ial arch full and r gu la.r, tho posterior region appears elongated in consequence of the anglo formed by the junction of a largo Wormian piece and the occiput proper; face regular, superior maxillro prognathous. A Mozambique skull (No. 423), resembles in form that of tho Benguella and Kroos. In another Mozambiq uc head (No. 1245), however, the forehead is narrower and higher. A cast of a Mozambique sk:ull, recently added to the Collection, presents an exceedingly low and dogradc<l form. Three llottentot heads arc long, compressed anteriorly; foreheads low; tho whole face small and prognathous, the slope, from the glabella to tbc upper alveolus, b ing continuous; the occipital region protuberant. Only one of these h ads approximates tho pyramidal fol'm. Two Kafrir skulls arc characterized by high, peaked forcboacls; the sagittal suture marked by a prominent ridge, a.nd the calvaria pyramidttl in form. Two IIova sku Us have the base long and narrow, the vertex flat, the orbits narrow and high, and the superior maxillro prominent. The reader will obtain some idea of the difrcront cranial forms of Africa, by glancing at the annexed cuts (Figs. 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58), 206 Op. cit., p. 19. OF TITE RACES OF MEN. 331 taken ft·om tho works of MonToN, PmonAnD, and MARTIN, and representing a few of both the higher and lower conformations of the skull. Fig. 58. Fig. 54. KAFFlR. ABllANl'EE. Fig. 55. Fig. 56. DusuMAN. MozAMBIQUE. Fig. 57. Fig. 58. Cn1wu: N1wno. MUllMIED NEGilESS. Passing from Africa to America by the way of the Canary Isles, we encounter a peculiar typo or form of skull- that of tho ancient Guanches, who illbabit d those Isles befoeo they fell into the possession of the Spaniards. The annexed cut (Fig. 59, on next page,) sho"·s that this typo is neither African nor American, but appertains |