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animal mind is useful to tlie comparative psycholo^st in two ways : It 

 enables bim to trace tbe dividing line between human thinking and ani- 

 mal thinking, audit affords the opportunity of watching the movements 

 of thought in its humblest manifestations. Another very fertile field of 

 anthropological study is child mind. Mr. T. S. Clouston publishes in 

 Edinburgh Health Society's Journal, a paper on the growth and devel- 

 opment of a child in body and mind. Again, the Italian psychologists 

 excel in the study of the delinquent classes — examining their brains es- 

 pecially to find out what are the anatomical concomitants of depravity 

 and insanity, and also, if possible, to approach the cradle of our race. 

 But really, psychology is a science of the future. The Society for 

 Psychical Research devotes its time to ghosts, spirit rappings, mind 

 reading, rhabdomancy, «&c. This is well enough, and such things as 

 exert an influence on masses of people should be studied. But the so- 

 ciety for jjsychical research that we would encourage is one in which 

 thousands, or at least hundreds, of individuals should sit down beside 

 the simplest mental phenomena until they understand them. No doubt 

 good results will come from the study of telepathy, and Science does 

 well to publish the account of all such researches. The American Xat 

 uralist also continues to publish in a separate department the manifesta 

 tions of animal intelligence. 



ETHNOLOGY. 



B. F. im Thurn contributes to Timekri many interesting articles on 

 the ancient inhabitants of British Guiana. His greatest work is a vol- 

 ume entitled "Among the Indians of Guiana," in which the following 

 tribal names occur : 



Branch or stock. 



Ackawoi Carib. 



Amaripas Wapiana. 



Arawaks Arawak. 



^^•^^""'^ \ Carib. 



Arecuma S 



Atarois Wapiaua . 



C*^^^^«i> Carib. 



Caribs 



Carinya Caribs, call themselves people. 



Cobruugrns, hybrids between IndiaDs and Negroes. 



Daurais, same as Atarois. 



Engaricos, hybrids between Macusis and Arecunas. 



Kapohu Ackawois, call themselves 2>eo^j?e. 



Lokono Arawaks, call themselves jjeojj?e. 



Macusi Carib. 



Maiongkongs beyond the British border. 



Maopityaus, unclassed. 



Nikarikarus, hybrids between Macusis and Brazilians. 



Faramona ^ sub-tribe of Ackawoi Carib. 



Partamona 



