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Pianoyhotto, sub-tribe of Macusi.. Carib. 



Piriana beyond the British border. 



Pshavaco, hybrids, 



Tariima, common vocabulary with Moapityans. 



Taurais, same as Atarois. 



Waccawai, same as Ackawoi. 



Wapiana Wapiana. 



Warrau Warrau. 



Woruma, hybrids. 



Woyowai, only the name is known. 



Zurumutas, sub-tribe of Macusi Carib. 



Bessels has made an interesting addition to our knowledge of the Es- 

 kimo in his chapter on the northernmost inhabitants of the earth, whom 

 he calls the Itanese. 



The opinion is gaining ground that the present Eskimo are the sur- 

 vivors of a very ancient stock once spread much farther south on this 

 continent, and, according to some, dwelling in the caves of France. 

 Professor Dawkins is commonly regarded as the apostle of this theory, 

 and has published a paper in JUature upon the subject. 



Dr. Otto StoU's volume on the ethnography of the Eepublic of Gua- 

 temala is an excellent guide-book to the tribes of that country. Com- 

 parative vocabularies are given, as well as a colored chart showing the 

 tribes, and a dissected chart exhibiting the affiliations of the different 

 branches of the stock. 



Von Hellwald's Natural History of Man has added twelve numbers 

 during the year. Prof. A. H. Keane has brought this work to the notice 

 of English readers in his appendices to Sanford's Compendiums. 



The same gentleman contributes to Nature, of January 24, 1884, a 

 paper on the Egyptian Sudan and its inhabitants, an abstract of which 

 is given below. Sudan is the Arabic equivalent of Nigritia (Negroland). 

 Its sections are: 



(1) Western Sudan. — The basins of the Senegal and Quovra-Benue 

 (Niger). 



(2) Central Sudan. — The basins of the Komaduga and Shaw, with 

 lands draining into Lake Chad. 



(3) Eastern Sudan. — East of Waidai, the Upper and Middle Nile Basin, 

 now known as Egyptian Sudan. 



The provinces formed out of this territory in 1882 were : 



West Sudan. — Darfur, Kordofan, Bahrel-Ghaz al, and Dongola, with 

 capital Fasher. 



Central Sudan. — Khartum, Senaar, Berber, Fashoda, and the Equator 

 (Hatel-Istwa), with capital Khartum. 



Uast Sudan. — Taka, Suakin, and Massowah, with capital Massowah. 



Harrar. — Zeyla, Berbera, and Harrar, with capital Harrar. 

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