NO. 30 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, [912 17 



Among all these people there arc visible many and unmistakable 

 trace- of admixture or persistence of what appears to have been the 

 older population of these regions, pre-Mongolian and especially pre- 

 Chinese, and those best representing these vestiges resemble to the 



point of identity the American Indian. These men. women, and 

 children are brown in color, have black straight hair, dark brown eyes, 

 and facial as well as bodily features which remind one most forcibly 

 of the native Americans. Many of them, especially the women and 

 children, if introduced among the Indians, and dressed to correspond. 

 could by no means at the disposal of the anthropologist be distin- 

 guished apart. The similarities extend to the mental make-up of the 

 people, and even to numerous habits and customs which new contacts 

 and religions have not as yet been able to efface. 



As a result of what he saw. Dr. Hrdlicka expresses the belief 

 that there exist to-day over large parts of eastern Siberia, and in 

 Mongolia, Tibet, and other regions in that part of the world, numer- 

 ous remains of an ancient population ( related in origin perhaps with 

 the latest paleolithic European), which was physically identical with 

 and in all probability gave rise to the American Indian. 



RESULTS OF MR. PAUL J. RAINEY'S EAST AFRICAN HUNTING 



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Mr. Rainey's hunting trip was mentioned in the account of the 

 Smithsonian expeditions of 1911.' He returned to America in 

 December of that year, but Mr. Edmund Heller, who accompanied 

 him as Smithsonian naturalist and collector, remained some time 

 longer in British East Africa. The itinerary given last year was 

 somewhat incorrect, as the original plan was changed after the party 

 was organized. 



The expedition arrived at .Mombasa on March 22, 1011. and im- 

 mediately proceeded by train over the Uganda Railway to Nairobi. 

 The preparations for hunting and collecting were made there, and 

 as soon as the safari was organized the expedition began active held 

 operations. Proceeding southwest ward from Nairobi, the safari 

 passed over a high, rolling plateau to the Loita Plains, or Sotik 

 District. Game was found here in great abundance. Many lions 

 were living in the district, having been attracted by the great herds 

 of antelopes and zebras. Six months were spent in hunting lions 

 with dogs, and in making collections of the large and small mammals. 



' ( >p. cit., p. 2. 



