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New Mexican moiety systena ; there is evidence for the existence of a larger 

 number in recent times. 



Miss E. D. Earthy. — The tribes of Mopambique. 



The Mozambique tribes have been classified by Aires d'Ornelas, 

 Pereira Cabral, Schapera, Junod (Thonga) and Torday. 



The classification accepted in the Anthropological examination for the 

 post of Administrador (native commissioner) is as follows : 



Divisions of the Bantu race living in the colony of Mozambique, from 

 north to south : Macua, Mocaranga, Thonga, Zulu (Portuguese spelling 

 employed in this list) : 



Macua : Subdivisions — Macuas, Malomues, Makondes, Mavias, Borores. 

 Mocaranga : Subdivisions — Massengas (Asenga), Maraves, Macanjos, 



Maganjas, Massingires, Machonas, Manicos, BaNyai (and VaNdau). 

 Thonga : Subdivisions — BaTonga, MChopes (BaChopi), Maguambas, 

 Mabaluecos, Valengues (VaLenge), Matembes, Maputos, Mabaloios, 

 Cossas, Bilas, Rongas. 

 Zidu : Subdivisions — Vatuas, Mafites, Matabele, Angonis, Ajaus {Yao). 

 Pereira Cabral uses the alternative term Landin for the Ronga (not for the 

 Angoni), and the tribal name Ronga for the Thonga. 



The BaZaruto of the Islands are not mentioned in any classification, 

 but are ethnologically important. 



The VaNdau of Sofala are scattered remnants of the BaRozwi and 

 MaKaranga. 



There are a few Bushmen families living on the banks of the Aluize 

 (Inhambane district). 



Some tribes are noted for their initiation ceremonies and scarification. 

 Most are clever at handicrafts (pottery, basket-making, wood-carving, 

 metal-work) . 



The main occupations are hunting, fishing and agriculture. 



Dr. M. A. Murray. — The Royal Tail-Festival in ancient Egypt. 



The ' totem ' of the invading dynastic kings was the falcon ; the in- 

 digenous ruling house had a cattle-totem. When therefore the foreign 

 conqueror intermarried with the native royal house he had to join his wife's 

 tribe and adopt her totem. The Tail-festival was the initiation of the king 

 into the Cattle-tribe, when a tail was affixed to his girdle to show that he 

 had become a bull. 



Prof. V. SuK. — (i) Human races on the basis of serological tests. 



The present paper is the outcome of over 3,000 precipitation tests and 

 over 4,000 blood groupings. 



I. On the basis of the precipitation tests the biological value of the 

 diflferent races is discussed. For the present study the serum from Eskimos, 

 Kalmucks, Gipsies, European Jews and diflferent Europeans — ' nordic,' 

 ' alpine,' ' dinaric,' etc. — was used ; we had fifteen antisera and twenty-five 

 sera at our disposal, and dilutions up to i in 20,000 were used. As a result 

 of these studies the following conclusions were arrived at : all the different 

 European ' races,' like the ' nordic,' the ' alpine,' the ' dinaric,' etc., ' race,' 

 are not true races ai a//, but only types or not fully established races in process 

 of making. Only those distinct and geographically separated groups, 

 the Eskimos and the Kalmucks, and the Eskimos and the Europeans 



