February, 1914.] Annual Address. 



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tion to our knowledge of an important though comparatively 

 little known art. 



Mr. F. H. Malyon's memoir on some current Pushtu folk 

 stories, also published during the year, though primarily in- 

 tended to illustrate the forms of certain dialects, is not without 

 anthropological interest, and is an instance of the manner in 

 which members of the Society, thoroughly acquainted with 

 the languages of the races amongst whom they live, may ad- 

 vance our knowledge of Indian Folklore. 



Owing to the absence of its author on the Eastern Frontier 

 for the greater part of the year, the memoir on the Abor and 

 Galong tribes by Sir George Dunbar and the anthropometri- 

 cal supplement by Messrs. Kemp and Coggin Brown which 

 it was intended to publish during the year, has been delayed. 

 It is now in page proof and will be issued shortly. The delay 

 has not been without its advantages, as it has enabled th< 

 author to add valuable appendices giving the results of his re- 

 cent work. This exhaustive memoir will certainly rank as the 

 most important anthropological work which has been published 

 in Northern India for some years. The Society has also pub- 

 lished a translation by the Rev. Gille of Father Krick's 

 account of his work among the Abors in 1853— a few months 

 before the murder of the intrepid traveller by Mishmis. Be- 

 fore the April meeting of the Society, Messrs. S. W. Kemp 

 and J. Coggin Brown exhibited a large collection of objects 

 illustrating the ethnology of the Abors and their neighbours. 



A paper communicated by Dr. Annandale, J. Coggin 

 Brown and F. H. Gravely deals partly with the Archaeology 

 and Folklore of the limestone caves of Burma and the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Many of the philological and historical papers communica- 

 ted to or published by the Society during the year have a 

 direct bearing on anthropological matters. Amongst others the 

 following are especially noteworthy : Mahamahopadhyaya Hara 

 Prasad ShastrVs account of the ancient civilization of Bengal, 

 Dr. Satis Chandra Vidyabhusarf s memoir on Sri-pa-ho — a 

 Chinese tortoise chart of divination — and Dr. Jivanji Jamsedji 

 ModVs paper on India in the A vesta of the Parsees. 



A set of anthropometrical instruments belonging to the 

 Society has been lent to Captain Kennedy, LM.S., Medi- 

 cal Officer to the Abor Expedition, at present working through 

 the Dafla country, and it is anticipated that valuable results 

 will be obtained by their use. 



The co-operation of members of the Society interested in 

 the study of man is earnestly invited, otherwise it is impossible 

 for this branch of the Society's work to advance in line with 

 the development of the science in other countries. In many 

 parts of the Indian Empire there are races and remnants of races 

 suffering rapid absorption by more virile communities, and the 



