1898] NOTES AND COMMENTS pa 
ANTHROPOLOGY IN MApRAS AND IN LONDON 
Mr EpcGar THurston contributes to Mature of May 26 a remarkably 
interesting account of the anthropological survey which he is carry- 
ing out in the Madras Presidency. European influence is bringing 
about a rapid change among the natives of Southern India, and there 
is no time to lose in taking note of their characteristics. As it is 
always interesting to see ourselves as others see us, we quote Mr 
Thurston’s final paragraph. . . . “I gathered from observation when 
in London (1) that man as a social and intellectual being is illus- 
trated with the unavoidable want of proportion, when no systematic 
scheme for the regular expansion of the collections is at work at the 
British Museum, Bloomsbury; (2) that it is under contemplation to 
illustrate man and the varieties of the human family from a purely 
animal point of view at the British Museum (Natural History), 
South Kensington; (3) that skulls must be sought for at the Royal 
College of Surgeons, Lincoln’s Inn Fields; (4) that lectures and 
anthropological literature are available to members at the Anthro- 
pological Institute, Hanover Square. To this must be added (5) Mr 
Galton’s laboratory. Surely a great want of centralisation, such as 
might well be remedied, is indicated here. And as I wandered, both 
in and out of the London season, through the deserted galleries of 
the Imperial Institute, I could not refrain from speculating whether, 
with a radical change of policy for good, this much-discussed build- 
ing could not be converted into our great National Museum of 
Ethnology, where man shall be represented fully and in every 
aspect, and where those interested in ethnological research could 
find under one roof a skilled staff to appeal to in their amateur 
difficulties, collections, literature, lectures, and anthropological 
laboratory.” 
RECENT ANTHROPOLOGY 
To LP Anthropologie for January and February 1898, Dr I. H. F. 
Kohlbrugge contributes a paper upon the “ Anthropology of the 
Tenggerois of Java,” in which a detailed description of the physical 
characteristics of that people is given. They are referred to the 
‘Indonesian’ race, with a slight admixture of Malayan blood. The 
average cranial index of 130 measured natives was found to be 
79°71, mesaticephalic. There are several interesting tables in 
which comparative measurements are given for a number of races 
in the Malayan region. 
Dr Salomon Reinach gives a detailed description of an interest- 
ing carving in steatite, representing a nude female figure, discovered 
in 1884 in one of the caverns at Mentone (Barma Grande) by 
Mr Julien. Two plates from photographs of this specimen are 
given, and show it to be of very rude workmanship. A gross 
exaggeration of the general form and an absence of detail 
