. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. I . t'' â 4 . \ 1 618. fessor Moultrie, of the Medical College of that State. These relics consist of portions of the temporal, parietal, frontal, sphenoidal, and inferior maxillary bones of the right side of the skull. An entire ske- leton was also discovered in the usual position of burial; and another, in a sitting posture, in a softer sandstone. The bodies, thus differently situa
. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. I . t'' â 4 . \ 1 618. fessor Moultrie, of the Medical College of that State. These relics consist of portions of the temporal, parietal, frontal, sphenoidal, and inferior maxillary bones of the right side of the skull. An entire ske- leton was also discovered in the usual position of burial; and another, in a sitting posture, in a softer sandstone. The bodies, thus differently situated. may have belonged to distinct tribes. Greneral Emouf, who carefully investigated this interesting deposit, conjectured that the presence of the bones might be explained by the circumstance of a battle, and the massacre of a tribe of Gallibis by the Caribs, which took place near this spot, about one hundred and twenty ^ears ago ; for, as the bodies of the slain were interred on the sea-shore, their skeletons may have subsequently been covered by sand-drift, which has since consolidated into limestone. Dr. Moultrie, however, from a rigorous examination and compari- son of the bones of the skull in his possession, is of opinion that the specimen in the British Museum did not belong to an individual of the Carib, bu;, to one of the Peruvian race, or of a tribe possessing a simi- lar crauiological dcvelopement. In another skeleton from Guadaloupe, now in the museum of the Jardin des Plantes, and represented in the last edition of Cuvier's "Theorie delaTerre,' the figure is bent, the spine forms an arc, and the thighs are drawn up as if the individual were in a sitting posture ; a portion of the upper jaw, and the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bovell, James, 1817-1880. [Toronto? : s
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