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cussion by Dr. Paul Broca upon the connection between these monu- 

 ments, the blonde element in the population, and the early migration 

 of white races into Northern Africa. He opposes the old opinion 

 that the blonde element in the Berber race is derivable from the 

 Huns of Genseric. 



The Rede lecture delivered in the Senate-house of the University 

 of Cambridge, by Samuel Birch, was upon the " Monumental History 

 of Egypt." The whole period of.Egyptian history is discussed from 

 the earliest monumental remains to the time of Decius, 250 A.D. 

 The subject of prehistoric remains is also discussed in the address. 

 The Quarterly Journal of Science, January, 1876, reviews the " Papyrus 

 Ebers," the Hermetic Book of Medicine of the ancient Egyptians, 

 published in Leipsic, in two volumes, by Engelmann. In a paper 

 read before the Victoria Institute, March 6th, Mr. W. R. Cooper dis- 

 cusses the " Horus Myth." Mr. E. Naville, of Geneva, is engaged in 

 collecting the material for an exhaustive edition of the Rituel Fune- 

 raire, or " The Book of the Dead." 



Asia. In order to have any idea of the immense amount of work 

 done yearly upon the subject of Asiatic archaeology, one must study 

 the Transactions and other publications of the Royal Asiatic Society 

 and its East Indian branches, of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 

 of the Societe Asiatique, and of the Morgenlandische Gesellschaft. 

 Only the most meagre reference can be given here. 



The American Palestine Exploration Society seems to be dying 

 out. The Rev. Selah Merrill, however, still holds his ground. The 

 new excavations in the Mesopotamian valley, cut off by the death 

 of Mr. George Smith, will be continued by Mr. Hormuzd Rassam, 

 who has obtained from the Porte a concession of protection for two 

 years. The magnificent discoveries of Di Cesnola, at Kourium, Cy- 

 prus, will grace the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, where 

 his other Cyprian relics are deposited. 



Materiaux, No. 4, 1876, contains an illustrated article upon the 

 erection of megalithic monuments still practiced by some of the 

 mountain tribes of India. The whole series of translations from the 

 " Sacred Books" of the world will be edited by Professor Max Miil- 

 ler. The work will be divided into six sections, under competent 

 specialists, viz.. Brahmin, Buddhist, Zoroastriau, Confucian, Lao-tsean, 

 and Mohammedan. 



Polijnesia. Nature for October 26th contains a lengthy abstract 

 of a paper by Dr. Haast, read at the Philosophic Institute of Canter- 

 l)ury, New Zealand, on " Recent Cavern Researches in New Zealand," 

 Mr.Wm. Brabrook read a communication before the Anthropological 

 Institute, from Mr. W.W.Wood, "On the Tombs in the Island of 

 Rotumah, Fiji." The finding of wooden tablets, containing hiero- 



