for the sake of clearness, those small one-hundreth parts are only shown on such parts as are not filled up by the outline of the head. Again should the head reach beyond the square as in the case of fig. 1 extra squares are created to contain it. By careful measurement the relative proportions of the head may thus be reduced to numbers with mathematical correctness, and as the higher front square contains the front of the skull and upper part of the face it may be denominated the superior anterior square, the higher back square will be named the superior posterior square and so on, and by finding the number of 100ths. contained in each square the relative proportions in numbers can at once be ascertained; thus in figures No. 1. 2. 3. and 4. the proportions will be found as follows,
| Anterior Sup. Sq | Posterior Sup. Sq. | Anter. Infer. Sq. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fig. 1. | .88 | 1.01 | .56 |
| Fig.„ 2. | .71 | .92 | .62 |
| Fig.„ 3. | .60 | .90 | .50 |
| Fig.„ 4. | .44 | .90 | .85 |
which would place the Orang Slétar intermediate between the Euro- pean and Negro in expansion of the organs of intellect, and again shews them to possess a greater developement of the jaws and "organs subserviant to sensation and animal faculties than either."[1] The drawing of the Mias, sometimes called Orang Utan in this country and commonly Oráng Outáng in Europe, is given to show the wide difference be- tween it and the subjects of this paper, who are generally known to the Malays as Orang Utan, thus confounding them with the lower creation. The above mode of measurement is not given as the only one required to ascertain the physical peculiarities of the skulls of races, but only as a simple method of rendering palpable to the most unpractised eye, the differences of configuration of the outline, and its principle can also be applied to the other modes mentioned by Dr.
- ↑ Prichard's Natural History of man.
