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shared in by Sir Wm. Turner, Dr. McGee, 
Mr. E. 8S. Hartland, F. C. Selous, all with 
warm appreciation of the ability of the au- 
thor in her treatment of a very difficult 
subject. Dr. McGee emphasized the artifi- 
ciality of certain social phenomena of primi- 
tive peoples. Mr. Hartland pointed out the 
great value of the proper interpretation of 
the ideas and institutions of the lower 
Traces. 
3. Squaktktquacht, or the Benign-Faced, the 
Oannes of the Ntlakapamugq, of British Co- 
umbia, B. Hixt-Tour. 
This was a detailed version of the 
‘younger brother’ tale of the Ntlaka- 
pamuq, a Salish tribe of southern British 
Columbia. The ‘ Benign-faced’ is culture- 
hero, animal-transformer, fish-befriended, 
wizard- destroyer, etc. 
4, The Blackfoot Legend of Scarface. R. N. 
‘WILSON. 
5. Blackfoot Sun Offerings. R. N. Witson. 
The first of these interesting papers told 
the adventures of ‘Scarface,’ a young In- 
dian, whose personal disfigurement caused 
the maiden of his heart to refuse her hand 
in marriage until the sear on his face should 
beremoved. Aftermuch wandering‘ Scar- 
face’ accomplished this by the help of the 
sun (whose lodge he visited), the moon 
and the morning-star. Returning to earth, 
he received, in due time, his beloved, and 
instituted the system of offerings to the sun, 
of which a detailed account was given in the 
second paper. 
6. Star-Lore of the Miemacs of Nova Scotia. 
STANSBURY HAGAR. 
In this essay valuable details were given 
of the stellar Eden of the Miemacs, their lore 
of the Pleiades, moon and sun, the heaven- 
birds, etc. 
7. The Lake Village of Glastonbury and its 
Place Among the Lake Dwellings of Europe 
Cantern illustrations). Dr. R. Munro. 
In this well-illustrated lecture the im- 
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portance and the great extent of lacustrine 
remains in HKurope were clearly demon- 
strated and the need for further explora- 
tions emphasized. 
8. Report on the Silchester Excavations . 
A brief account (a full report of the 
antiquities on exhibition at Burlington 
House is given in ‘Archeologia,’ Vol. 
LY., pp. 409-430) of the investigations 
carried on since 1896 on the site of the 
Roman city at Silchester. 
9. Some Old- World Harvest Customs (lantern 
illustrations). F. T. Huworry. 
Illustrative account of the development 
and variations of the ‘ Kern-maiden,’ and 
associated apparatus. 
10. Report on the North Dravidian and Ko- 
larian Races of Central India. 
‘No further progress’ was reported in the 
transcribing and translating of Mr. Rayn- 
bird’s extensive collections on the linguistic 
and anthropological characteristics of these 
peoples. 
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. 
11. Some Distinctive Characters of Human 
Structure (lantern illustrations). The 
President’s address, Sir W. W. Turner. 
The essence of this most admirable and 
eloquent address, to which a crowded hall 
listened with rapt attention, is contained in 
the following extract : 
“We know that an animal is guided by 
its instincts, through which it provides for 
its individual wants, and fulfills its place in 
nature. In man,on the other hand, the 
instinctive acts are under the influence of 
the reason and intelligence, and it is pos- 
sible that the association centers, with the in- 
termediate association fibers which connect 
them with the sensory and motor centers, 
may be the mechanism through which man 
is enabled to control his animal instincts, 
so far as they are dependent on motion 
and sensation. 
