ANTHROPOLOGY. 



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1888, Mr. Thomas Tyler delivered a course of lectures ni)on this people 

 iu the British IMuseuin, 



A few years ago all we knew of the llittites was contained in a few 

 vague references in the First and Second Book of Kings. In the true 

 sense of the word empire, it is doubtful whether a Tlittite emjjireever 

 existed. Says Mr. Tyler : " Most likely there were in Asia Minor many 

 states or even single cities which were usually to a great extent inde- 

 jiendent, and the peoples of which were not, perhaps, altogether homo- 

 geneous in ra(;e, but which, under pressure of the necessity of war, 

 formed a federation. That the Hittites spoken of in the Old Testament 

 are to be identified with the Khita of the P^gyptiau monuments and 

 with the peoi)les of the land of Khatti in the Assyrian records, is com- 

 ing out more and more clearly." 



The primitive home of the Aryans seems now to be less definitely 

 fixed than formerly'. The studies of Pott, Lassen, and Max jMliller 

 made the highlands of Asia to be the cradle of the Aryans. Dr. La- 

 tham, even at that time, urged that the Asiatic hypothesis was mere 

 assumption based on no shadow of proof. Recently the European 

 theor3" has been entertained by Gugei, Ouno, Peuka, and Schrader. 



The commingling of blood, language, social organization, beliefs, and 

 activities in the Malayan area is elucidated by Dr. Fridrich's paper in 

 the miscellany relating to Indo China. He noticed the continued exist- 

 ence of Hindooism in Java and other parts of Malaysia, and says that it 

 is essential to a i)roper understanding of the condition of the Malayan 

 tribes that the intlueuce which Hindoo civilization has exerted ou them 

 should be investigated. 



At a meeting of the Asiatic Society of Japan, reported in the Japan 

 Weekly Mail of Novetnber 10, Mr. Batchelor read a pjiper on Ivamui 

 or Gods of the Ainos. The author is not convinced that the Ainos are 

 dying out. 



D. — (U'KANICA. 



Australia : Doiiiiiiic Daly, J. Fraser, K. M. 



CaiT, S. Gasoii. 

 Boruco: Doniinic Dalj'. 

 Celebes : d'Estrey Meyners. 

 Malays: F. Grabowski. 

 Maldives: M. Ilabelandt. 

 Maori: J. Krrin^toii de la Croix. 

 New Britain : B. Dauks, H. H. Romilly. 

 New Caledonia: E, Verricr, M. Glau- 



niout. 



New Giiinea: rrince Koland Bonaparte, a 

 series of reports; Chalmers, G. L. Bink. 



New Hebrides: A Hageii and A. Pigueau. 



Philippines : Ollivier Beauregard. 



Polynesians: E. Tregear. 



Samoa : Wm. B. Chnrehward. 



Sandwich Islands: Ed. Arning. 



Solomon Islands : H. B. Guppy, F. Elton, 

 C. M. Woodford. 



Surinam : K. Virchow, H. Ten Kate. 



E. — NoHTii Amkiuca. 



The very best — and only reliable— study of the tribes of North America 

 is that of the Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, an 

 account of which has been given to the American association by Maj. 



