IPB REPORT— 1885. 
Englishmen, reached eminence in authorship, divinity, engineering, the army, as 
statesmen, or as travellers; while more Jews than Englishmen obtained fame as 
actors, chessplayers, doctors, merchants, metaphysicians, musicians, poets, and philo- 
logists. The percentages were about equal for antiquaries, architects, artists, 
lawyers, scientists, political economists, and sculptors. These results seem to con- 
firm popular impressions, except as regards the equal capacity of Jews for art and 
science, in which they are generally thought inferior. Among other results 
deduced from the list, were that Jews of Spanish descent showed greater ability 
than their German brethren, and that the offspring of mixed marriages showed 
greater ability than either; the most marked superiority of Jews over Englishmen 
was in philology, where they numbered ten times as many, and in music, where they 
showed sevenfold proficiency. 
What are the causes which render Jews, though hitherto so hampered in the 
struggle for fame, capable, to say the least, of holding their own when compared 
with Englishmen? ‘The following may be mentioned: the intelligence of dissenters 
generally, their life in cities, their care for education in the past and present, the 
study of Hebrew as training in linguistics, the undogmatic nature of Judaism, the 
encouragement given to young men of talent. And it must be remembered that, 
in the past, every generation has been weeded of its weak-kneed members, who 
have been tempted or forced to become Christians, so that contemporary Jews are 
the outcome of a long process of unnatural selection. 
It is perhaps unnecessary to add that the present estimate is necessarily one- 
sided, though every precaution has been taken by the author to remove subjective 
bias in dealing with this question. At any rate, the results obtained, though 
favourable to Jews, cannot be regarded as opposed to general impressions. 
13. Traces of Early Human Habitations on Deeside and Vicinity. 
By the Rev. J. G. Micuiz, A.M. 
Crrovtar Carrns:—Their structure. Their probable uses—human dwellings ; 
sepulchral purposes. Urns, chests (cists) found in connection (Migvie). 
Yerp Houses :—General structure—examples in Cromar, Glenkindy, and Kil- 
drummy. Probable uses. Generally found in the vicinity of round cairns and 
circular foundations. 
Lake Dwextrxes (Crannogs):—Island in Loch Kinnord, Loch of Leys. 
Similar to those found in Wigtonshire and Ayrshire. Dr. Stuart's ‘Scottish 
Crannogs,’ and Dr. Munroe’s ‘ Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings.’ Relics found 
in connection—canoes, arrow-heads, celts, stone knives, and stone cups. 
Moatep Forts :—Lumphanan, Invernochty, Rothiemurchus, and ruder form at 
Loch Dayan. 
Awcrent Picrish Towns :—Character, and situation, Davan—Short descrip- 
tion of; probably the Devana of the Romans. 
‘The information conveyed under the two first headings is, in great part, new; 
but the general conclusion is not much different from that of previous writers on 
these subjects. 
‘The authorities adduced for the observations under the third heading are 
given in the Abstract. The author’s own explorations point very much in the 
direction of those of previous investigators. 
‘ Under the heading Moated Forts, the writer advocates the more extensive and 
careful exploration of these remains; and from such he anticipates important 
elucidation of our early historic period. 
‘The last heading is an abridged excerpt from the author's work: “ History of 
em) 
Loch Kinnord, D. Douglas, 1877, pp. 23, 49. 
