OF THE

ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

For 1883.

PRESIDENT.

PROF. W. H. FLOWER, LL.D., F.R.S.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

HYDE CLARKE, ESQ.

JOHN EVANS, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S.
FRANCIS GALTON, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.

LIECT.-GEN. A. LANE FOX PITT RIVERS, F.R.S.

ALLEN THOMSON, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.
EDWARD B. TYLOR, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S.

JOHN BEDDOE, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.

S. E. B. BOUVERIE-PUSEY, Esq., F.R.G.S.

E. W. BRABROOK, Esq., F.S.A.

C. H. E. CARMICHAEL, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.L.
PROF. W. BOYD DAWKINS, M.A., F.R.S.

W. L. DISTANT, Esq.

A. W. FRANKS, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.

LABUT. COL. H. GODWIN-AUSTEN, F.R.S.
PROF. HUXLEY, LL.D., F.R.S.

PROF. A. H. KEANE, B.A.

A. L. LEWIS, Esq., F.C.A.

SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, BART., M.P., D.C.L., F.R.S.

R. BIDDULPH MARTIN, Esq., M.P.

H. MUIRHEAD, Esq., M.D

J. E. PRICE, Esq. F.S.A., F.R.S.L.

THE BIG Hoy, Loun ARTHUR RUSSELL, M.P.

LONDON:

HARRISON AND SONS, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY, ST. MARTIN'S LANE.

CONTENTS.

I. On the Aboriginal and other Tribes of Yunnan and the

Shan Country. By A. R. COLQUHOUN, Esq.

II. Notes on Photographs Illustrating Cases of Hypertrichosis.

By Dr. J. G. GARSON

III. On the Ethnology of Timor-laut. By H. O. FORBES, Esq.

IV. On the Classification of Languages in conformity with

Ethnology. By GUSTAV OPPERT, Ph.D., Professor of

Sanskrit in Madras

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V. On the Osteology of the Ancient Inhabitants of the Orkney

Islands. By J. G. GARSON, M.D., Anat. Assist. Royal

College of Surgeons of England; F.Z.S.; Memb. Anthrop.

Inst.

VI. Note on Photographs of Inhabitants of Britain of Jutish

Type. By J. PARK HARRISON, M.A., M.R.A.S.

VII. On the Mechanical Methods of the Ancient Egyptians.

By W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE, Esq.

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VIII. On some Paleolithic Knapping Tools and Modes of using

them. By F. C. J. SPURRELL, Esq., F.G.S.

IX. On some Customs of the Aborigines of the River Darling,

New South Wales. By FREDERICK BONNEY, Esq.

X. On the Discovery of some Worked Flints, Cores, and

Flakes from Blackheath, near Chilworth and Bramley,

Surrey. By Lieut.-Colonel H. H. GODWIN-AUSTEN,

F.R.S., &c.

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XI. Notes on Stone Circles in Brittany. By Admiral F. S.

TREMLETT, F.G.S.

XII. The Nature and Origin of Group-Marriage.

XIII. Notes on Stone Implements from South Africa. By Major

H. W. FEILDEN, F.G.S.

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151

XIV. Notes on Relics of the Sign and Gesture Language among

the Malagasy. By the Rev. JAMES SIBREE

XV. On some Australian Beliefs. By A. W. HOWITT, Esq.,

F.G.S...

XVI. On the Botocudos. By A. H. KEANE, Esq., B.A.

XVII. The Ethnology of Germany (Part VI). The Varini,

Varangians, and Franks.-Section II. By HENRY H.

HOWORTH, Esq., F.S.A.

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XVIII. Notes on the Aboriginal Races of the North-Western

Provinces of South America. By R. B. WHITE, Esq.,

F.G.S.

XIX. On the Relative Length of the First Three Toes of the

Human Foot. By J. PARK HARRISON, Esq., M.A.

XX. Exhibition of Objects from Ancient Grave-Mounds in Peru.

By JOHN E. PRICE, Esq., F.S.A.

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XXI. Exhibition of Lamps from the Orkney Islands. By J. G.

GARSON, Esq., M.D.

XXII. Exhibition of a Deformed Skull of a Chimpanzee. By

Professor W. H. FLOWER, LL.D., F.R.S., Pres. Anthrop.

Inst.

XXIII. Notes on some Australian Tribes. By EDWARD PALMER,

Esq.

XXIV. Old Scandinavian Civilisation among the Modern Esquimaux.

By E. B. TYLOR, D.C.L., F.R.S., V.P. Anthrop. Inst.

XXV. On a Paleolithic Floor at North-East London. By

XXVI. On the Cranial Characters of the Natives of Timor-laut.

By J. G. GARSON, M.D., F.L.S.; Memb. Anthrop. Inst.;

Anat. Assist. Royal College of Surgeons; and Lecturer

on Comparative Anatomy, Charing Cross Hospital

XXVII. On some of the Tribes of the Island of Timor. By H. O.

FORBES, Esq., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., Memb. Anthrop. Inst...

XXVIII. On some Australian Ceremonies of Initiation. By A. W.

HOWITT, Esq., F.G.S.

XXIX. On the Races of the Congo and the Portuguese Colonies

in Western Africa. By H. H. JOHNSTON, Esq., F.Z.S.,

F.R.G.S.

Annual General Meeting

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.—On the Aims and Prospects of the Study of

Anthropology. By Professor W. H. FLOWER, LL.D., F.R.S.,

Pres. Anthrop. Inst.

ANTHROPOLOGICAL MISCELLANEA.

The Varini, Varangians. HYDE CLARKE, Esq...

Stone Implements from India

An Examination of some Official Statistics relating to the Population of

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