INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS DURING THE YEAR 1873. Ixxv 



this society left for its field of labor on the 30th of May, un- 

 der the charge of Dr. Paul Giissfeldt, of Berlin, assisted by' 

 Messrs. Von Hattorf and Gorschen. One division, accompa- 

 nied by Dr. Bastian, went by w^ay of Lisbon to Cabinda, at 

 the mouth of the Congo ; while Giissfeldt and Von Hattorf, 

 sailing in the Nigritia for Sierra Leone, were unfortunately 

 wrecked on the passage. This took place, however, near the 

 shore, and although the instruments were not saved, no lives 

 were lost. New apparatus, however, was promptly trans- 

 mitted to the party, which duly started forth on its mission, 

 and news of a successful result to their labors is shortly ex- 

 pected. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 



During 1873 Anthropological and Ethnological studies 

 have been vigorously pursued in Europe, and the literature 

 relatino' to these sciences has received valuable additions. 

 Darwinism, especially, continues to be a favorite topic of dis- 

 cussion, and essays in various languages, supporting or com- 

 bating that theory, are constantly leaving the press. Much 

 attention is paid to the comparison of skulls, either of vari- 

 ous races of man, or of those of man and of the higher ani- 

 mals. The Anthropological Societies of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, of France, of Germany (with branch societies at Ber- 

 lin, Stuttgart, Danzig, Freiburg, Hamburg, Mainz, Heidel- 

 berg, and Gottingen), have continued their labors with great 

 activity. Concerning the Anthropological Society of Great 

 Britain and L-eland, not long ago established by a union of 

 the Anthropological and Ethnological Societies of London, it 

 must be mentioned that a separation again has taken place, 

 a number of its members having seceded and formed the 

 London Anthropological Society. An Anthropological Soci- 

 ety has been founded at Stockholm, Sweden, by the exertions 

 of Dr. Gustav Retzius, son of the well-known anatomist, An- 

 dres Retzius. The first meeting took place on the 15th of 

 March of this year. The next International Anthropological 

 Congress will be held at Stockholm in 1874. The European 

 periodical publications relating to anthropology, ethnology, 

 etc., have appeared as before, and contain a great amount of 

 interestins: information. 



Some of the more important results of practical research 

 are here given : 



