Excerpt from Catalogue of Skulls of Man and the Inferior Animals in the Collection of Samuel George Morton I commenced the study of Ethnology in 1830; in which year having occasion to deliver an introductory lecture on Anatomy, it occurred to me to illustrate the differences in the form of the skull as seen in the five great races of men. After the lapse of but twenty years the fact seems strange even to myself, that when I sought the materials for my proposed lecture, I found to my surprise that they could be neither bought nor borrowed. Caucasian and Negro crania were readily procured, and two or three Indian skulls were placed at my disposal; but for the Mongolian and Malay I inquired in vain. I resolved, therefore, to supply this remarkable deficiency in an important branch of science; and much time, toil and expense have been rewarded by the acquisition of 867 human skulls and 601 of the inferior animals, Yet I need hardly add, that had it not been for the exertions of my friends in every quarter of the globe, my object would have remained unaccomplished. The following pages afford emphatic evidence on this point; and it gives me great pleasure thus to record the kindness of those persons who have aided me in an enterprise that, for obvious reasons, has been attended by many difficulties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.