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cairns. They disappeared, and left as their representatives 

 the Basques, Berbers, and Kabyles. 



"Another wave of migration swept over Europe from the 

 East, this time Aryan, fair (xanthochroi), brochycephalic, tall, 

 broad-shouldered Celts, who brought with them metallurgic 

 skill, bronze and iron, and a higher stage of civilization. The 

 ancient Basque continent was submerged by the Celtic pop- 

 ulations advancing steadily westward, and certain parts of the 

 non-Aryan peoples were left insulated, as the Ligurians, Sikani, 

 Sardinians, etc. Similarly the Belgse invaded the Celts, and 

 the Germans in their turn pressed southward and westward 

 on the Belgae, driving away or absorbing the inhabitants of 

 the regions they conquered." 15 A, No. 2458, Dec. 5, 1874. 



HUMAN FIGURE ENGRAVED ON REINDEER HORN FROM TnE 



CAVE OF LAROCHE-BERTHIER. 



Amonsr recent discoveries in the reindeer caves of France 

 is that of a human figure engraved upon a reindeer horn, found 

 in the cave of Laroche-Berthier, of apparently the same epoch 

 as that of the Madeleine. This, although very rude in its 

 execution, as figured by De Launay, is yet quite recognizable. 

 It is not, however, of a character to give us any idea of the 

 general appearance of the people of its day. 20^, 1875, 192. 



MR. GEORGE LATIMER'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION FROM 



PORTO RICO. 



A very interesting and important addition to the ethnolog- 

 ical branch of the National Museum at Washington has late- 

 ly been made in the form of a large collection of objects of 

 stone from Porto Rico. This was gathered during a period 

 of many years by Mr. George Latimer, an American citizen 

 residing in that place, who spared no pains nor expense to 

 secure whatever could be obtained from the ancient graves 

 in the island. The most noticeable features in the series con- 

 sist of about fifty oval stone rings of much the size and shape 

 of horse-collars, all variously carved and ornamented. There 

 are also many statuettes, carved heads, triangular stones with 

 faces of animals carved at either end, some pottery, and nu- 

 merous axes and chisels some of exquisite beauty, and pol- 

 ished to the highest degree. Many of them are of the green 

 jade so much sought after by archaeologists. Numerous ap- 



