CONTENTS. XXV 



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 8. Exhibition of a new Anthropometric Instrument, specially designed for 

 the use of Travellers. By Dr. J. G. Garson 784 



4. An Instrument for measuring Reaction Time. By Francis Galton, F.R.S. 784 



5. The Smithsonian Institution in the United States of America, and its 



work relating to Anthropology. By Dr. Thomas Wilson 785 



6. The Study of Ethnology in India. By H. H. Risley 785 



7. On some former Customs and Beliefs of the Torres Straits Islanders. By 

 Professor A. C. Haddon, M.A., M.R.I.A 786 



8. Anthropological Notes collected at Mowat, Daudai, "New Guinea. By 

 Edward Beardmore 786 



9. The British Race in Australia. By Dr. MacLaitrin 786 



10. Observations on the Natural Colour of the Skin in certain Oriental Races. 



By Dr. Beddoe, F.R.S., President Anthr. Inst 787 



1 ] . The Normal Temperature of Soudanese, Negroes, and Europeans iu Tropical 



Africa. By R. W. Felkin, M.D., F.R.S.E 787 



12. The Differences of Sensibility between Europeans and Negroes, and the 



Effect of Education in increasing the Sensibility of Netrroes. By R. W. 



Felkin, M.D., F.R.S.E :. 787 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 



1. The Esquimaux. By Dr. Fridtjof Nansen 788 



2. Northumberland in Prehistoric Times. By the Rev. G. Rome Hall, 



F.S.A .•: : 788 



3. On Implements of Stag's Horn associated with Whales' Skeletons found in 



the Carse of Stirling. By Professor Sir William Turner, M.B., F.R.S. 789 



4. The Origin of Human Faculty. By Professor G. J. Romanes, F.R.S. ... 791 



6. On the relations between Brain-Functions and Human Character. By 

 Bernard Hollander 792 



6. On a new Method of illustrating the Topography of the Brain in relation 



to the External Surface of the Head. By Professor Eraser, M.B 794 



7. Notes on Classification in Sociology. By George Weddell 794 



8. Fire-making in North Borneo. By S. B. J. Skertchly 795 



9. On some Borneo Traps. By S. B. J. Skertchly 795 



10. The Tribes of South Africa. By the Rev. James Macdonald 795 



11. Report of the Committee for investigatmg the effects of different occupa- 

 tions and employments on the Physical Development of the Human 

 Body 795 



12. Fifth Report of the Committee for uivestigating and publishing reports 

 on the physical characters, languages, and industrial and social condition 



of the North- Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada 796 



13. Third Report of the Committee for ascertaining and recordmg the locali- 

 ties in the British Islands in which evidences of the e.xistence of Pre- 

 historic Inhabitants of the country are found 796 



