INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS DURING THE YEAR 1875. clxvii 



the Lapps, and Virchow also gave a resume of the Lapp con- 

 troversy. M. Venioukoff 's essay, to be hereafter mentioned, 

 treats of the same subject. 



At the same meeting Virchow made a report of investiga- 

 tions concerning the color of the skin, hair, and eyes of the 

 children in public schools. Scholars examined, 760,000 ; 

 66f per cent, light-eyed, 33 J per cent, dark-eyed ; 54 per cent, 

 blonde-haired, 41 per cent, brown-haired, 5 per cent, black- 

 haired ; 85 per cent, light-skinned, 15 per cent, brunettes. 



In the Gottingen section of the German Anthropological 

 Society, Professor Benfey discussed the language and cus- 

 toms of the Gypsies. Dr. Kopernicki reports his researches 

 on Bulgarian skulls in Archiv and Journal of the Anthropo- 

 logical Institute (Dec. 11, 1874). 



Hyde Clarke read a paper on the Himalayan origin of 

 the Magyar and Finn languages ; and Dr. Sauerwein before 

 the German Anthropological Association one on the North- 

 ern Hungarian peoples. 



Africa. At the International Geographical Congress, M. 

 Bourgeot attempted to show the affinity between the North 

 Africans and the Caribs. At the same meeting Conto Mu- 

 risculchi-Erizzo presented some locks of Akka hair. The 

 work of Dr. Gerhard Rohlfs, entitled "Quer durch Afrika," 

 holds a prominent place among the ethnological works of 

 the year. 



M. Bastian made before the German Association at Munich 

 a very interesting report of his journey to West Africa. See 

 also " Die deutsche Expedition an der Loango-Kiiste," etc. 

 (Jena, Vol. I., 1874 ; Vol. II., 1875), by the same author. 



M. Achille Haffray sends to the Bulletin de la Societe de 

 Geographie (September, 1875) an account of his " Voyage en 

 Abyssinie a Zanzibar et au pays des Ouanika." Dr. Beren- 

 ger Feraud publishes in Revue d'Anthropologie (I., 1875) his 

 study of the Peuls of Senegambia. 



The Hottentots and peoples of South Africa are discussed 

 in a communication made by A. Merensky before the Berlin 

 Anthropological Society (Aicsland, Nos. 34 and 35, 1875). Be- 

 fore the same meeting Herrn Bartells and Fritsch exhibited 

 a Basuto boy from the Transvaal Republic. The geograph- 

 ical expeditions of Stanley and Cameron promise a rich har- 

 vest of ethnological information. 



