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shown to exist between certain words in the Japanese and Aryan ; while 

 Mr. Brooks, in the proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 

 takes ground for believing that the Japanese and Chinese may have 

 been derived from the west coast of South America. Mr. Isawa, an 

 intelligent Japanese student, at the last meeting of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, called attention to the simi- 



Fig. 7- 



Fi£i;s. 1 to 9 show some of the various forms of vessels. Fie. 1, diameter, 130 mm. Fig. 2, di- 

 ameter, 280 mm. Fij. 3, diiimeter, 130 mm. Fig. 4, height. 220 mm. Pig. 5, diameter, 105 mm. 

 Fig. 6, diameter, 160 mm. Fig. 7, diameter, 150 mm. Fig. 8, diameter, 150 mm. 



larity existing between many Japanese words and Hindostanee. With 

 these and many other conflicting views, authorities seem to agree upon 

 one thing, and that is, that the present inhabitants of Japan are not 

 autochthonous, neither the Japanese nor the Ainos in Yesso. 



