PROCEEDINGS 



^A^Vt) OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



HELD AT PHILADELPHIA 



FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE 



Vol. XLIX. . January-April, 1905. No. 179. 



CONTENTS. 



Stated Meeting, January 6 3 



Stated Meeting, January 20 4 



Stated Meeting, February 3 4 



Stated Meeting, February 17 4 



Stated Meeting, March 3 5 



Stated Meeting, March 17 5 



The Filipino; His Customs and Character. By John A. 



Metzger 6 



Sociology of the Aborigines of Western Australia. By R. H. 



Mathews, L.S 32 



Stated Meeting, April y ' 35 



General Meeting, April 12-14 35 



A Plea for Governmental Supervision of Posts Necessitating Nor- 

 mal Perception of Color. By Charles A. Oliver 40 



Emancipation of the Waterways. By Lewis M. Haupt 42 



The Oligodynamic Action of Copper Foil on Certain Intestinal 



Organisms. By Henry Kraemer 51 



The Effect of Preservatives on Metabolism. By H. W. Wiley, 



M.D 66 



Notes on the Osteology of Sinopa ; A Primitive Member of 



the Hyaenodontidae. By W. D. Matthew 69 



The Marsupial Fauna of the Santa Cruz Beds. By Wm. J. 



Sinclair 73 



The Straight Line Concept. By P. A. Lambert . k 82 



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