(a.) _General Condition._--In general condition, as regards colour and texture, these bones present some, but no very striking, differences; on the whole they are much alike, though it might be supposed that some have lain longer in the ground than the others. One or two among them (but these are apparently the younger bones) are fragile; the majority, however, are as firm as common churchyard bones, and some have quite the natural degree of hardness. They are of a lightish-yellow colour, do not adhere to the tongue, and afford scarcely any earthy smell when breathed upon or moistened: only one among them presents any staining from oxide of manganese; and this exists in diffuse blotches, and is not at all of the dendritic form. Many are partially covered with a very thin film of crystalline carbonate of lime. [Illustration: FIGS. 40, 41, 42.--Skull from Sepulchral Cave at Perthi-Chwareu.] (b.) _The Skulls._--Of these only three of the more perfect have come under my observation. These alone will form the subject of what I have to remark on this portion of the skeleton. But in the subjoined Table I. (p. 171) I have given, together with the dimensions of these three, those of five others which have been furnished to me by Mr. Dawkins. In the specimen No. 1 (Figs 40, 41, 42) the entire facial part is wanting, together with the whole of the base and a great part of one side of the _calvaria_. The skull is of an oval form, symmetrical, with a rather prominent occiput. The region of the vertex is slightly and evenly arched; and the forehead, though not high, is vertical, and slightly compressed on the sides. The sutures are all open and finely serrated. The frontal sinuses are distinct though small. The supra-orbital ridge is thin, but rather prominent towards the external angular process. The mastoid processes are very large, and the digastric _fossa_ remarkably deep. The occipital spine is very prominent, as are the lateral ridges. The temporal ridges, also, and, in short, all the muscular impressions, are very strongly marked. The skull is evidently that of a powerful, muscular man, in the prime of life, and apparently of robust, but not coarse build.[103] [Illustration: FIGS. 43, 44, 45.--Skull from Sepulchral Cave at Perthi-Chwareu.]