of these comprise only a few individuals—not more than forty or fifty-and yet their languages are entirely distinct from those spoken by the surrounding tribes. In one instance Mr. Henshaw, who has charge of the construction of the map, found in California a single man, the sole survivor of his tribe. From him enough was learned to preserve the language once spoken by his ancestors, but with his death that tongue becomes extinct.
A very curious fact in relation to the distribution of the Eskimo is that they inhabit the coast of the Arctic regions to the exclusion of other Indians, beginning on the east shore of Greenland, and following the coast-line of that island around to the point farthest north inhabited by man. Then, beginning on the coast on the mainland, they occupy narrow strips on the north shore of Hudson Bay and along the northern coast of the continent, around past Behring Strait, and down the north-west coast of the continent to Prince William's Sound. Throughout all this immense coast-line the differentiation of language is very small; so that an Eskimo from Greenland transported to Behring Strait would in a month be able to speak the language of the natives there as well as though he had been born there. In striking contrast were the numerous distinct families of Indians in the valleys of California and Oregon, whose languages are so different that they could not understand each other.
This map, when published, will be accompanied by a report and discussion of the facts it discloses, and will be a very important contribution to the science of ethnology.-Science, March 23rd, 1888, p. 139.
THE LATE MR. MCLENNAN.-A posthumous paper by Mr. J. F. McLennan containing a brief outline of his latest, and as yet unpublished, views of the Origin of Exogamy, appeared in the January number of the "Historical Review." It is supplemented by a short memoir written by his brother.
Aberdeen, stone circles near, 44. Address by the President, 346. Allen-Brown, J., 65.
Annual General Meeting, 338. Anthropological Miscellanea :-Lec- tures on Anthropology-British Association Meeting, 79; Archæo- logical Meeting-Chinese supersti- tion, 80; address to the Anthro- pological Section of the British Association at Manchester, 166; on the notes sounded by Mr. Galton's whistles for testing the limit of audi- bility of sound, 181; note on the Dieyere Tribe of South Australia, 185; report of the Bureau of Ethno- logy, 1886, 187; the primitive human horde, 276, 356; sketch of an Aniwa Grammar, 282; racial photo- graphs from the Egyptian Monu- ments-the Races of India, 289; statistics bearing upon the Average and Typical Student in Amherst College, March, 1888, 357; distri- bution of Indian Tribes in North America, 358; the late Mr. McLennan, 360.
Arrows from the Solomon Islands, on
the evolution of a characteristic pattern on the shafts, 328. Aryans, origin and primitive seat of the, 238; history of the question, 238; the anthropological argument, 243; probable direction of migra tion, 246; physical resemblance of Finnic and Aryan types, 248; an- cient extension of the Finns, 251; the cradle of the Aryan race, 251; philological argument-identity of proto Aryan and proto - Finnic tongues, 253; grammatical identity, 254; identity of verbal roots, 259; identity of primitive words, 262; separation of Aryans and Finns, 265; linguistic evidence as to the civilisation at the time of the separation, 265; discussion, 269; corrigenda, vii. Atkinson, G. W., 355.
Australian, description of the cerebral hemispheres of an adult male, 32; detailed summary of both hemi- spheres-lobes-parietal-occipital, 35; temporo-sphenoidal lobe-ten- torial surface of the temporo- sphenoidal and occipital lobes, 36; right hemisphere-frontal lobe- parietal lobe, 37; occipital lobe— temporo-sphenoidal lobe, 38; under surface of the temporo-sphenoidal and occipital lobes-cuneate lobe- left hemisphere-the fissures, 39; lobes-frontal-parietal, 40; occipi- tal temporo-sphenoidal under surface of the temporo-sphenoidal and occipital lobes, 41; depths of fissures and sulci, 42.
Congo, the Lower, 214; climate, 214; food-difficulty of attack, 215; physical characteristics, 216; emo- tional nature, 218; intellect, 220; wizards, 221; religious ideas, 222; social system, 223; trade, 224; piratical habits, 227; missions, 228; the "Ndunga"-examples of native manners and customs, 229; the origin of ordeals, 230; discussion, 233.
Council, report for 1887, 342.
Cranborne Chase, excavations in, 190. Cunningham, R. A., exhibition of Natives of Queensland, 83.
Galton, F., 25, 30, 106, 114, 133, 199. Garson, Dr. G. J., 56, 354, 355. Gason, Samuel, 185. Gill, Rev. W. Wyatt, 84. Glennie, J. Stuart, 272. Goldsmid, Major-General Sir Frederic J., 213, 236.
Gomme, G. L., on the evidence for Mr. McLennan's theory of the primitive human horde, 118. 133, 276, 356. Gowland, W., 189. Guanchos, 158; anatomical character- istics, 160; language, 161; political and social institutions, 162; religion, 163; etymology, 164.
"Hag-Stones," 135.
Hale, Abraham, notes on stone imple- ments from Perak, 66. Hansen, Sören, on a fossil human skull from Lagoa Santa, Brazil, 43. Harley, Dr. George, comparison be- tween the recuperative bodily power of man in a rude and in a highly civilised state: illustrative of the probable recuperative capacity of men of the stone age in Europe, 108. 114.
Henderson, G. J., 210.
Hittite Ethnology, 137; the Hittites of Kadesh, 138; Finnic tribes- Turkic tribes, 139; curious pecu- liarity of dress, 141; language, 142; religion, 144; the couvade- marriage customs, 147; disposal of the dead-arms and armour, 148; dress-political constitution-laws, 149; architecture-writing, 150; metallurgy, 154; engraving gems, 155; discussion, 155. Hobson, Mrs. Carey, 305. Hollander, B., 210.
Holmes, T. V., 337, 338, 342.
Maori and the Moa, 292; evidence of geology, 293; evidence given by traditions, &c., 294; meaning of the word Moa in allied dialects, 296; the legend of Poutini and Whaiapu, 298; proverbs used by the Maoris-poetical evidence, 300; the word Moa in composition, 301; conclusion, 303; discussion, 304. "Mare-Stanes," exhibition of, 135; discussion, 136.
McClintock, Sir L., 68, 74.
McLennan, Mr., on the human horde, 118, 276, 356.
on Exogamy, 360.
Meeting, annual general, 338.
Meetings, ordinary, 1, 26, 43, 67, 81,
99, 107, 134, 189, 210, 237, 291, 317.
Members, New, 26, 81, 134, 189, 210, 237, 317.
Morgan, E. Delmar, 213, 233.
Nile Valley, north of Khartúm, the tribes of, 3; divided into three groups, 3; list of tribes-historical facts, 4; slaves, 6; Hamite group, 7; Ababdeh, 8; Bisharín, 9; Kab- babish, 10; Semitic group, 11;
Paget, Sir James, 102.
Paleolithic implements from the drift gravels of the Singrauli Basin, 57; discussion, 64.
Perak, stone implements from, 66. Phillips, R. C., the Lower Congo; a sociological study, 214 Congo.
237. Pitt-Rivers, General, on an ancient British settlement, excavated near Rushmore, Salisbury, 190-see British.
Polynesian islands, natives of, 75. Presents, 1, 26, 43, 67, 81, 99, 107, 134, 189, 210, 237, 291, 317. President's address, 346.
in completing the Kayak imple- ments, 68.
Rolleston, H. D., description of the cerebral hemispheres of an adult Australian male, 32.
Rudler, F. W., 136, 336. 342. Ryle, Dr., 103.
Sclater, Dr. P. L., 304. Seton-Karr, H. W., 68, 72. Shaw, W. N., 181.
Shell-money of New Britain, 305; name of the money, 305; whence obtained, 306; how prepared for use-comparative value, 307; usury, 308; banking, 309; partnerships- atonement of wrong, 310; examples of the manner in which quarrels are settled, 311; influence of the pos- session of shell-money on the lives of the New Britain people, 314. Skertchly, S. B. J., on the occurrence
of stone mortars in the ancient (Pliocene ?) river gravels of Butte County, California, 332-see Stone
Skull from Lagoa Santa, 43. Solomon Islands, notes on the natives,
90; height and weight-colour, 92; infanticide, 93; age of puberty- marriage, 94; polygamy-food, 95; dress-treatment of disease, 96; disposal of the dead-future state -dwelling houses, 97; domestic animals-government-division of time-warfare, 98; cannibalism, 99. Spinning tops, stone, from New Guinea, 85.
Stature of the older races of England, estimated from the long bones, 202. Stone circles near Aberdeen, 44; Tyrebaggar Hill, 44; Badentoy- "King-causie' - Bourtree-bush Auchorthies, 47 orientation, 52; discussion, 55.
Stone implements from Perak, 66; discussion, 66.
Stone mortars in the ancient river gravels of Butte County, California, 332; geological position, 332; age
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