INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS DURING THE YEAR 1875. cli 



Bailey, of West Point, and others ; and in partial proof that 



all the organisms entering into its composition are dead, the 



statement was made that " there are never spines on the 



globigerinse from the bottom, even in the shallowest water." 



This is a mistake, as the spinous globigerinae were quite 



abundant in the soundings from the Gulf of Campeche made 



during the summer of 1874, during the cruise of the United 



States steamship Fortune, from depths of between 64 and 210 



fathoms. 



ETHNOLOGY. 



Our summary of progress in Anthropology and Ethnology 

 will embrace : 



1. An account of prehistoric researches in various parts of 

 the world. 



2. A record of investigations among living tribes of men. 



3. A synopsis of discussions upon general and special prob- 

 lems. 



4. A report of improved apparatus of research ; of expe- 

 ditions and instructions to observers; of anthropological so- 

 cieties and sections of general societies, and their published 

 Proceedings; of museums and notable private collections; of 

 periodicals, wholly or in part devoted to anthropology; and 

 of the bibliography of the subject since the publication of 

 our last volume. 



I. PREHISTORIC RESEARCHES. 



America. The Alaska Commercial Company has presented 

 to the National Museum eight mummies from the cave of 

 Kagamil, Aleutian Islands. They resemble those from Peru, 

 being doubled up and wrapped in the finest furs and grass 

 matting. 



Alphonse L. Pinart publishes an account of his exploration 

 of the cave of Aknanh, Island of Ounga. 



Le Pere Petitot, in a long communication to the Paris 

 Geographical Society, describes the stone and bone imple- 

 ments found in the Mackenzie River district. 



Some of the most extensive and successful researches ever 

 made in American archaeology are being conducted by Mr. 

 Paul Schumacher, under the auspices of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, on the west coast of the United States from Oregon 

 to the Santa Barbara Islands. Hundreds of skulls have been 



