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tion to the conical mounds of Manchuria and northern China. They 

 are of various sizes ; they occur singly, in clusters, and in whole 

 '■ cemeteries " : they are frequently assiduously cared for, and many 

 are most picturesquely located on the slopes of hills, where they ap- 

 pear to the best advantage. The Koreans are a modern race of mound 

 builders. The country is full of archeological remains, including some 

 big mounds and dolmens, and deserves much closer scientific atten- 

 tion than it has so far received. 



Fir,. 80. — A Korean Hamlet. From a few houses to large villages, they 

 cluster in the nooks of the hills like mushrooms. 



The Alanchus and the northern Chinese, particularly those of the 

 Chihli Province, are for the most part tall, well-built people, quite 

 different in bearing and even in physiognomy from the southern 

 Chinese, though there is no sharp delimitation. They, too, present a 

 fruitful field for detailed anthropological investigation. 



The southern or inner Mongolians were fotmd to be a rather 

 mixed lot. more so than the northern Mongolians who were visited 

 by Dr. Hrdlicka in 191 2. A series of photographs was secured here 

 as well as in Korea and Japan. In Japan, through the kind help of 

 Dr. Tsunawo Araki, there was obtained a large collection of portraits 



