, 1880-05-22

that THIS ~ 40. 1t II, l Nlt1K, reflatn
os tna' sS. o }}P }}a''n2}t It lB"; lBsSy' ''t work
i, whlsh sia!1 ruler feaIi. i!Ss tlcc|'cd tI!at
thu hight of h prrsun has nil t'lIcrt tl,ouEl u
very Hight oIl1, un tho stze nf the hralh.< Ilo
uy ,1 Rrcater M I'LL y no q c,s ,o u ssfl'ciet 10
account fur tho vnrlnttoiis Of tho lralil. An.
uthcr ttlhttrlirR Glencnt u nge. II lIas hegIl
estimated That aflor q rather uncertain tlatc,
Ky Nsyn e y1 Y t 5fe .n f%', w.a saay ysnses wfs ,f
cndng death cntso shrinking .of Tho orgaM;
creaso IL dens|ly9 All these suurcss ,nf
effts sa1,,, mst n,sks " skepie"l as u dyl, IL
eainot frca q!irYSl lYea from sonc fi!arn ii ti,o
general belief that TIP weight Of the
brain " ~ y ~ Index Of the mind. The weight
1t to 1fnirs # il4nbntn of known netl, tlls-
aud agaltst th!s theory. G,,yier Is us,inlly
fu,ltt licadl,g tho list, with l,rai,,-wcIglit
9f0l.as ounGes. (T!!e ayeraga for tl1e l,nln
Il betweeil 49 a,ltl RI One Is struck With
ss!no!ull l,aye worked through lunyy, hrnlh.
las died III England, wiose .btntii wetehetl
g7 o'tiecs: " l,ts history aud habits little Is
W. t la aR@fsty Fsy, t,d.2 ~ sgn t ,s.s ~
II l rctlcntber Rightly, WIS his fontlr!css, fur
reading ,newspnpers, probably tlle onIy; l!ter;;
pts's Sesry h0 's9 sSS aya sSs1y ts1res,c 9s "c H,
Si iaay have been "n,ts, @ inslSroas aa Sitlton.s
l5ut who knows whether thu sll,llnn ,tl,lna-
n'ps ai ,na oat osf9Ken h sr
s!!f'passli.g DanioEF WcGstsr, 's"E che,,neey; %s;
Wright, Dupaytrcn, and d mathematician ii
tho. first rink: Indeed, all these, except
FIJI TIsfe s sos aa aftsr si =, 'g frq s AZ
bratetl phtlujoklst il bciow tle average ai,l
q distinguished ,nlneraoglst much telHw 1t.
II i spite 1|A Of lnnny executions. luweyor, We
sn 5 M lots M 1s It tks ks'; ;oter @ n1ef e' 81 IT, ftt'@s
Before leaving tic literatlirc Of the
altl1ject,. / .!nnst mention o. paper
" pr: ,s. : >: wtsi,t Of irooklyn: T!'e baxis
clcntly cllongh tlo outline md eapacily 0f
tie head, taken on fnrty.tw0 ,nui, atltl rs
many wom9'l, oilssilalf@ 1T 9f each set bg,Itg
ns,- for instance. tho inlngllng nf tllnse Of
different raees, I'll the same, caicgory-migl,t
be ralHe.l; but the work ia lngnnint,., mil
forepart Of tho ileail Il 1nore developed IL
,lsD III ignorant. men than II, Ignorant
womell. lie finds. moreover tint tho
bMfn .ot tlao uneducated nal0 somewhat
resembles IN .slzo. and form TINT Of
tlla ottucatel fcmalc. y. AnatOmlsts
give very tllscor.lalt directions for deter
mining the sex Of skulls. III n gsrat ',lnny
cnscs It cnl,Mot be Determined. Tic feln!o
atlu, it.UruDver, tho 1n"s anl ptoNt,lcnces fur
MUSCLES arc less Developed; consequently
tho .brnin caso, though st,la!ler tllnn III lua,i
" larKcr. In proportion t0 tho facc. Ds.
certilng tho capacities Of tentase skulls Thur.
no question that tho differences Iii st:ull md
brnlh between tho sexes f1lcrcasc with tho
degree of civilization; but 1t ia astonishing
Tint Whilu tic skulls 0t inale pafisfhns IRE
anionE tho largest, those of tho women nre
remarkably snlpll; they arc even smaller
titan those Of tic wollgll Ut Polynesia, and
but l1t!lG abnye those Ut the women Of New
Caledonia. This Is a fact not easy t0 account
fur.