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When the actual site of the Pithecanthropus was reached by Dr. 

 HrdHcka, under the guidance of the Assistant Resident of Ngawi 

 and his Chief of PoHce, a whole gang of natives advised by the 

 police were already waiting there, bringing each a smaller or larger 

 pile of fossils gathered from the muddy ledges of the river as 

 these were exposed by the receding water. These fossils were 

 eagerly examined but they included no remains of any Primate. 

 A selection was made, to which the boys added a few specimens 

 collected at that moment from about the site which gave the Pithe- 

 canthropus. On the top of the opposite bank stands a cement 

 monument erected by Dubois and pointing to the spot which yielded 

 what are probably the most precious remains in existence. 



Further excavation here and in other localities along the river 

 would be relatively easy and a few years of sustained work here 

 is one of the great needs of Anthropology. 



After the site of the Pithecanthropus and its neighborhood were 

 examined, a little dug-out with two natives took Dr. Hrdlicka down 

 the river to Ngawi, a distance by river of perhaps 15 miles. During 

 this trip both of the banks could be closely examined. They and 

 their prolongation south-eastward are of interest geologically and 

 there may be spots of paleontological value, but there are no other 

 sites as promising in the latter respect as that near Trinil. 



From Aladioen Dr. Hrdlicka's journey led to the eastern portion 

 of Java, where it was interesting to find in spots traces of the pre 

 Malay Hindoo population which peopled the island in early historic 

 times. In the central part of Java these people evidently reached a 

 high degree of culture and left imposing ruins. 



From Java Dr. Hrdlicka traveled by boat along the northwestern 

 and western Australian coast, stopping at all the little ports from 

 Derby to Perth. This gave the opportunity to see numerous pure- 

 blood Australians, and also some of their impressive nocturnal cere- 

 monies. Here was encountered an exceptional type of the Australian 

 from the Wyndham district, difliering considerably from the rest of 

 the natives. Here also were seen for the first time full-blood and 

 otherwise full-colored Australians with tow hair ; more were seen 

 later on the Trans-Australian Railway at Ooldea. In southern Aus- 

 tralia other aborigines were seen, particularly on the lower Murray 

 River. 



The principal Australian Museums of interest to Anthropology 

 are located at Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. 

 They were found to contain astonishingly rich collections, ethnolo- 

 gical, archeological and anthropological, from Australia, Tasmania, 



