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singular character. They appear to have been formed of rounded 

 pebbles, which had been broken in their longest diameter into 

 rudely-shaped quadi'angular prisms, with one end flattened, and the 

 other left mth the original contour. From the similarity of the two 

 specimens the author considered it evident they were thus shaped 

 with some design, but what it was difficult to conjecture. The author 

 did not attempt to assign these relics to any definite age, though he 

 considered it would be justifiable to refer them to the pre-Eoman 

 period, and that for the first occupation of Salisbury Hill a date 

 might be claimed far earlier than those Saxon times to which Collin- 

 son has ascribed the encampment. 



2. *The Hairy Menof Yesso.' By IMj-. W. Martin Wood. It 

 often happens that in the isolated residue of any race its repulsive 

 peculiarities become more strongly marked, and some effort of 

 humane feeling is required in such cases in order to recognise those 

 traits, in virtue of which the perishing fraction may claim its kin- 

 ship with the great family of mankind. Such an outcast race still 

 lingers in the island of Tesso, the most northern portion of the 

 empire of Japan. These are the ' Ainos' or ' Mosinos' — the ' all- 

 hairy people ;' this last word being a Japanese term, marking their 

 chief pecuKarity. Tesso is only separated from Niphon by the nar- 

 row straits of Tsougar ; but the climate of the island is unpropitious 

 and its soil is barren, so that the Japanese have only occupied the 

 southern portion. They number about 100,000, and dwell princi- 

 pally in the cities of Mato-mai and Hakodadi. Timid and shrinking 

 in attitude, the Ainos seem utterly crushed in spirit by their long 

 subjection and isolation. They are short in stature, of thickset 

 figure, and clumsy in their movements. Their physical strength 

 is considerable, but beside that peculiarity there is nothing by which 

 an observer can recognise the possibility of the x\inos ever having 

 possessed any martial prowess. The uncouthness and wildness of 

 their aspect is calculated at first to strike a stranger with dismay 

 or repugnance. Esau himself could not have been more hairy. The 

 hair on their heads forms an enormous bunch, and is thick and 

 matted. Their beards are very thick and long, and the greater part 

 of their face is covered with hair which is generally dark in colour ; 

 but they have promineot foreheads and mild dark eyes, which some- 

 what relieve the savage aspect of their visage. Their hands and 

 arms, and indeed the greater part of their bodies, are covered with 

 an abnormal profusion of hair. The natural colour of their skin is 



