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fill account of 'Aboriginal Occupation of 

 New York,' illustrated by a finely drawn 

 map. 



On Thursday the subject was Somatology 

 and Psychology, but other papers were also 

 read. Mr. Harlan I. Smith, in a paper 

 on ' The Preservation of Local Archseolog- 

 ical Evidence,' gave some very sensible and 

 practical suggestions as to this subject. He 

 also, in a following paper, gave a very in- 

 teresting account of ' Ojibway Shamanistic 

 Ceremonies ' in treating sickness, and ex- 

 hibited a bone tube used by the Shaman in 

 sucking the diseased part in order to draw 

 out the evil spirit. 



Dr. J. McK. Cattell read a most sugges- 

 tive paper on ' Physical and Mental Meas- 

 urements of Students of Columbia Uni- 

 versity.' In this paper the importance of 

 such investigation was shown, the methods 

 employed and the results obtained. 



Dr. Boas, in a paper on 'Anthropometry of 

 the Shoshone Indians,' gave some interest- 

 ing results from numerous physical meas- 

 urements made among these people. 



Mr. Haliburton gave an account of his 

 studies upon dwarfs in a paper entitled 

 'Recent Discoveries as to Pygmy Paces.' 

 Pygmies as found in Guiana, Mexico, Hon- 

 duras, Algeria, Spain and elsewhere were 

 discussed and some interesting conclusions 

 given. 



' Onondaga Games ' was the subject of a 

 very interesting paper by Dr. Beauchamp, 

 in which sundry games of ball, bone but- 

 tons, bow and arrow, etc., were briefly de- 

 scribed. 



Very peculiar ideas regarding time were 

 described in a paper on ' Papago Time Con- 

 cepts ' by Mr. McGee. 



A paper by Mrs. F. D. Bergen on ' The 

 Theological Development of one Child ' 

 consisted of a curious account of the ideas 

 of a child who was carefully guarded against 

 receiving any teachings concerning spiritual 

 matters until ten or twelve years old. 



Miss Fletcher's valuable paper on ' Cer- 

 tain Beliefs Concerning the Will Power 

 Among the Siouan Tribes' will be given to 

 the readers of Science in full. 



Mr. McGee's paper on the ' Beginnings of 

 Zooculture' proposed an original and plausi- 

 ble theory to account for the domestication 

 of animals. 



Mr. W. W. Tooker presented a full discus- 

 sion of the ' Meaning of the ISTame Manhat- 

 tan,' to be published in the Brooklyn Alma- 

 nac. He concluded that there was the best 

 of evidence for believing Manhattan to mean 

 'The Island of Hills.' 



At the close of Thursday's session, Mr. 

 McGee, for the Sectional Committee, pre- 

 sented the following resolution : 



Whereas, Horatio Hale, long an active member 

 and at one time a Vice-President of this Association, 

 has made contributions to Ethnology and Philology, 

 entitling him to a place in the front ranks of Ameri- 

 can Anthropologists, and, 



Wheeeas, It seems fitting that Mr. Hale's long 

 and arduous labors in behalf of science should be 

 recognized by the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science ; therefore. 



Resolved, That Section H recommend to the Coun- 

 cil that Mr. Hale be made a Life Fellow of this Asso- 

 ciation. 



This was adopted, and the Council re- 

 ceived the recommendation and elected Mr, 

 Hale a Life Fellow. 



Friday was assigned to papers in General 

 Anthropology. A paper from Mr. H. Sa- 

 ville on ' The Ruins of the Temple of Te- 

 poztlan,' was read. These ruins, important 

 for many reasons, are especially so as they 

 are the only American ruins to which a 

 definite date can be set. On one of two 

 slabs in one of the walls is engraved the 

 sign of Ahuizotl, the immediate predecessor 

 of Montezuma, and on the other the date, 

 ten Tochtli, which corresponds to 1502. 



Other papers, of which no account can be 

 given for lack of space, are : a long and most 

 interesting account of Explorations in Hon- 

 duras by the Peabody Museum,' given by 



