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especially the hieroglyphic writing, have been investi- 

 gated by many French scientists. Among these are 

 Brasseur DE BOURBOURG, CHARENCY, HAMY, DE ROSNY, 

 PINART, and LEJEAL. Several French explorers have 

 made extensive investigations in Central America. 

 WALDECK, CHARNAY, and the Comte DE PERIGNY are 

 among this number. The most famous of all American- 

 ists is the Due DE LOUBAT, who has established professor- 

 ships in Mexican Archaeology at the College de France, 

 at the University of Berlin, and at Columbia University. 

 His masterly reproductions of many of the pre-Colum- 

 bian and post-Columbian manuscripts have made these 

 valuable documents available to students. 



Ethnology and Ethnography. The investigations in 

 these subjects started with the noble work of the 

 Jesuit missionaries in Canada, South America, and Asia. 

 Among other investigators in this side of anthropology 

 are BUFFON; DE QUATREFAGES on the Pygmies; BOU- 

 GAINVILLE and D 'ENTRECASTEAUX in the Pacific; DE 

 BRAZZA, who opened up the French Congo; DUVEGRIER 

 and SCHIRMER, in the Central Sahara; SOGONZAC, in 

 Morocco; TILHO, at Lake Chad; and D'ORBINY, in 

 South America. 



Sociology. COMTE (1798-1857) was the founder of 

 the modern science of Sociology. There is an illustrious 

 list of French scholars interested in problems of Social 

 Anthropology: GIRAUD-TEULON; LETOURNEAU on 

 primitive marriage; DURKHEIM, HUBERT, and MAUSS, 

 who have made "L'Annee sociologique" famous; and 

 TARDE. 



Linguistics. All students of primitive languages are 

 under obligations to ROUSSELOT for the invention of 

 the Kymograph for recording sounds graphically. It 

 is possible to speak of a few only of the French students 



