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rived, the latter of which would give the Latinized forms iac or 

 tarq. 



In conclusion, I would submit the following as the results of this 

 inquiry : 



1. The uniform testimony of the ancient writers and of their 

 own traditions asserts that the Etruscans came across the sea from 

 the south and established their first settlement on Italian soil near 

 Tarquinii ; this historic testimony is corroborated by the prepond- 

 erance of archseologic evidence as yet brought forward. 



2. Physically the Etruscans were a people of lofty stature, of the 

 blonde type, with dolichocephalic heads. In these traits they corre- 

 sponded precisely with the blonde type of the ancient Libyans, rep- 

 resented by the modern Berbers and the Guanches, the only blonde 

 people to the south. 



3. In the position assigned to woman and in the system of fed- 

 eral government the Etruscans were totally different from the 

 Greeks, Orientals and Turanians; but were in entire accord with 

 the Libyans. 



4. The phonetics, grammatical plan, vocabulary, numerals and 

 proper names of the Etruscan tongue present many and close anal- 

 ogies with the Libyan dialects, ancient and modern. 



5. Linguistic science, therefore, concurs with tradition, archae- 

 ology, sociologic traits and anthropologic evidence, in assigning a 

 genetic relationship of the Etruscans to the Libyan family. 



Stated Meeting^ October 18, 1889. 



Present, 20 members. 



Yice-President, Dr. Kuschenberger, in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows, viz. : 

 A letter from Bureau of Statistics of Labor, Commonwealth 

 of Massachusetts, offering its publications to the Society and 

 requesting exchanges, which was so ordered. 



A letter from the Commissioner of Public Records of Par- 

 ishes, Towns and Counties of Massachusetts, in reference to 

 records reported as missing. 



