NO. 30 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, IQIi2 12} 
Among all these people there are visible many and unmistakable 
traces 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, 1f 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 vet been able to efface. 
As a result of what he saw, Dr. Hrdli¢ka 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 
EXPEDITION 
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, 1911, and 1m- 
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 field 
operations. Proceeding southwestward 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. 
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