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moon, and continuing to lead there, in its spiritual abode, the 

 same manner of life and pursuits as in the flesh 1 ." 



A speciality of the Gilyaks, as well as of their Gold neighbours, 

 is the fish-skin costume, made from the skins of two kinds of salmon, 

 and from this all these aborigines are known to the Chinese as 

 Yupitatse, "Fish-skin-clad People." "They strip it off with great 

 dexterity, and by beating with a mallet remove the scales, and so 

 render it supple. Clothes thus made are waterproof. I saw a 

 travelling-bag, and even the sail of a boat, made of this material 2 ." 



Like the Ainu, the Gilyaks may be called bear-worshippers. 

 At least this animal is supposed to be one of their chief gods, 

 although they ensnare him in winter, keep him in confinement, 

 and when well fattened tear him to pieces, devouring his mangled 

 remains with much feasting and jubilation. 



Since the opening up of Korea, some fresh light has been 

 thrown upon the origins and ethnical relations of 



Koreans i ts P resent inhabitants. In his monograph on the 

 Yellow Races 3 Dr Hamy had included them in the 

 Mongol division, but not without reserve, adding that " while 

 some might be taken for Tibetans, others look like an Oceanic 

 cross ; hence the contradictory reports and theories of modern 

 travellers." Since then the study of some skulls forwarded to 

 Paris has enabled him to clear up some of the confusion, which is 

 obviously due to interminglings of different elements dating from 

 remote (neolithic) times. On the data supplied by these skulls 

 Hamy classes the Koreans in three groups: i. The natives of the 

 northern provinces (Ping-ngan-tao and Hien-king-tao), strikingly 

 like their Mongol [Tungus] neighbours ; 2. Those 



Elements 1 ^ tne Southern provinces (Kling-chang-tao and 

 Thsiusan-lo-tao), descendants of the ancient Chin- 

 hans and Pien-hans, showing Japanese affinities ; 3. Those of the 

 inner provinces (Hoang-hae-tao and Ching-tsing-tao), who present 

 a transitional form between the northerns and southerns, both in 

 their physical type and geographical position 4 . 



1 Through Siberia, II. p. 235. 

 ! Ibid. p. 221. 



3 UAnthropologie, vi. No. 3. 



4 Bui. du Mushini d'Hist. Nat. 1896, No. 4. All the skulls were brachy 



