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Show 49 camferences measured successively in the same planes 9cm. 5, 7cn\ 9, and llon,. 9. In proportion to the massiveness of the bone the linea aspera not very prominent; arch for the femoral vessels not indicated. Distance from outer to inner tuberosity of lower extremity 8cm. 2. e. Tibia and fibula.- The length of the tibia, belonging with the femur above mentioned, is 38om. l, as measured from the highest point of the spine of the head to the most distant point of the internal malleolus. Greatest anteroposterior and transverse diameters of head 5cm. O and 7eD,. 9, respectively. Shaft rather platycnemic; anteroposterior diameter 6cm below the attachment of the ligamentum patellae 3em. 7; trausverse diameter at the same place, 2*". 5; circumference, 9em. 8. The same measurements taken in the middle of shaft 3om .3, 2om. l, and 8cm. 5j and repeated, 7cm above the lowermost point of the internal mal-leolus= 2cni. 7J 2cm. 8, and 8 « m. 8. The length of the fibula, from the styloid process to the ezternal malleolus 37om. 9; the latter projecting 2cm. 7 below the inferior surface of the tibia at place of articulation. An-tero- posterior diameter of shaft measured in the middle lem. 7; transverse diameter l0* .0, and circumference 4om .8. If the femur and tibia be placed in natural connection the former appears to be much curved, as if it had been attached to a broad, womanlike pelvis; the skull belonging with the bones in question rather exhibits male characteristics than female. For the sake of comparison, we shall add the following table, con-taiuiug some measurements of loug bones from Keutucky mounds, taken by the late Jeffries Wyman.* Indians from Kentucky H. 28 337 283 310 21 284 214 253 mounds. R. 18 270 215 235 F. 34 479 383 438 T. 28 397 317 363 Humerus = 1.000 Ulna = 0.816 Radios - 0.758 Femur - 1.000 Tibia - 0.829 Description and measurements of bones B The bones designated by B are two femora belonging together, consequently it will be sufficient to consider only one of them, and we shall choose the right one for this purpose. Length from upper surface of head to lowermost point of inner condyle 35om. 6. Distance between uppermost point of great trochanter and lowermost of outer condyle 33e". l. Distance from outermost point of the head to outermost point of trochanter major 7cm. 2. Greatest horizontal diameter of neck l""^; greatest vertical diameter 2cn\ 5; diagonal line of the outer surface of the great trochanter not prominent; triangular surface for the attachment of the tendon of the gluteus medius smooth. Anteroposterior diameter of shaft 2cm. 3; below the summit of lesser trochanter lca>. 8; transverse diameter 2cm. 4. Same measurement in the middle of bone 2cm. O by 2cm. 2, and 2cm. 9 above the upper and external border of the trochlear surface 2cm. l by 3cm. O. The three circumferences measured successively in the same planes, 6cm. 7, 6coa' 2, and D^ l. Arch for the reception of the femoral vessels very deep. * Fourth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology. Boston, 1871, p. 19. No. 1 4 |