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on both sides of the river at Victoria Falls. Here stone implements 

 were reported as occurring in the ancient gravels of the river, de- 

 posited along the sides of the stream before the formation of the 

 falls. A three-days' examination of conditions, in company with two 

 Americans, a South African engineer and some negroes was sufficient 

 to show that the cultural remains here extend over a considerable dis- 

 tance along both sides of the river, are numerous, superficial, and 

 in all probability not very ancient. A good-sized collection of the 

 worked stones was secured for the National Museum. 



The Bushmen and the Strandloopers whose remains are being 

 found in shell heaps and in caves along the southern coast of Cap>e 

 Colony, were apparently identical, judging from the osteological evi- 

 dence that could be seen, and both show a strong affinity with the 

 Hottentots. And all the essential characteristics of the three, outside 

 of stature and muscular development, appear to be radically con- 

 nected with the negro. 



Dr. Hrdlicka has returned deeply impressed with the opportunities 

 for and the need of anthropological research offered by all these dis- 

 tant parts of the world, and the openings everywhere for American 

 cooperation. The story of man's origin, differentiation, spread and 

 struggle for survival, is evidently greater, far greater than ordinarily 

 conceived, and a vast amount of work remains for its satisfactory 

 solution. 



A brief stop on the return journey was made in England, where, 

 thanks to the courtesy of Sir Arthur Keith, of the Royal College of 

 Surgeons, the precious Tasmanian cranial collection of that institution 

 could be examined. Here also, thanks to those in charge of the 

 Department of Geology, British Museimi (Natural History), it was 

 possible to examine once more the Rhodesian originals. 



ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT PUEBLO BONITO AND 

 PUEBLO DEL ARROYO, NEW MEXICO 



Under the auspices of the National Geographic Society, Mr. Neil 

 M. Judd, curator of American archeology, U. S. National Museum, 

 continued, during the summer months of 1925, his exploration ^ of 

 Pueblo Bonito, a prehistoric communal village in northwestern New 

 Mexico. The extensive excavations inaugurated at this particular ruin 

 in 1921 had been concluded by the autumn of 1924. In course of the 



^Smithsonian Misc. Coll., Vol. ^2, Nos. 6 and 15; Vol. 74, No. 5; Vol. 76, 

 No. 10; Vol. TJ, No. 2. 



