576 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



been the collection of the Hartt expedition to Brazil, includ- 

 ing bows and arrows, earthen vessels, and the like. Speci- 

 mens are also indicated as received from the Smithsonian 

 Institute, Mr. Henry Coleman, the Boston Society of Natural 

 History, etc. 



The report is specially interesting, on account of the dis- 

 cussion of the race characteristics of the ancient Peruvians, 

 as based upon the skulls received from Mr. Hutchinson, and 

 others from Mr. E. G. Squier, and an article on the human re- 

 mains found in the shell heaps of St. John's River, in Florida. 

 Professor Wyraan has been in the habit for many years of 

 spending his winters in Florida in researches in the shell 

 heaps, which have been rewarded during the past winter by 

 numerous interesting discoveries ; among others, of human 

 remains, in several localities, of such a character and under 

 such circumstances as to leave no doubt in his mind that 

 they had served as food at the cannibal feasts of the abo- 

 rigines, since the bones were broken, and treated in precisely 

 the same manner as those of the animals found in similar 

 situations. 



The report of the treasurer informs us that the present en- 

 dowment of the Museum amounts to something over $192,000. 



FIRST REPORT OF THE ANDERSON SCHOOL OF NATURAL HIS- 

 TORY AT PENIKESE. 



The first report (that for 1873) upon the organization and 

 progress of the Anderson School of Natural History at Peni- 

 kese Island has just been made by its trustees, and is occu- 

 pied by a statement of the circumstances which led to the 

 establishment of the school, and the measures which have 

 since been taken for its success. It will be remembered that, 

 in 1872, Professor Agassiz issued a circular announcing a 

 proposed summer school of natural history at Nantucket, for 

 which the co-operation of eminent naturalists had been se- 

 cured. This proposition met the eye of Mr. John Anderson, 

 a w r ell- known citizen of New York, and the owner of the 

 small island of Penikese, at the mouth of Buzzard's Bay, 

 which he was in the habit of occupying as his summer resi- 

 dence. This gentleman, through a friend, at once suggested 

 Penikese as a suitable location for the school in question, and 

 offered to present it to Professor Agassiz for that purpose. 



