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13. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Address at the 



General Meeting of the Society, held in the Zoological 

 Gardens, in celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Her 

 Majesty's reign, 16th June 1887 . . . .171 



Foundation and growth of the Society Acclimatisation 

 Museum Scientific meetings Publications Lectures Mena- 

 gerie Recent improvements. 



1 4. WHALES AND WHALE FISHERIES. Lecture at the Royal 



Colonial Institute, 8th January 1895 . . . 185 



Fishes and whales General characters of the latter Sperm 

 whale Whalebone whales Mode of capture Whale fishery 

 of the Basques in the Middle Ages Greenland whale fishery 

 Southern whale fisheries. 



15. WHALES, PAST AND PRESENT, AND THEIR PROBABLE ORIGIN. 

 Lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 25th May 

 1883 ....... 209 



Rudimentary organs giving indications of former conditions 

 and origin Hair Organs of sight and smell Teeth Nature 

 and use of baleen or whalebone Fore-limbs Hind Limbs 

 Geological history All evidence in favour of derivation from 

 land animals, probably through forms originally inhabiting fresh 

 waters. 



ANTHEOPOLOGY 



16. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHRO- 



POLOGY. British Association, York Meeting, 1st September 



1881 ...... 235 



Importance of the study of race Natural classification of 

 man Causes of racial difference Race a vague term Craniometry 

 Necessity for larger collections and more workers. 



17. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE SECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY. 



British Association, Oxford Meeting, 9th August 1894 . 249 



History of the subject in England Its scope and extent 

 Societies and collections Systematic teaching Anthropometry 

 Value in identification of individuals, especially as applied 

 to criminals Finger-marks Ethnographic survey Anthropo- 

 logical notes and queries Our duty to posterity in collecting 

 anthropological data. 



