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important of these is a paper, published in June, by Mr. P. Fawcett, 

 on " the Soaras of Ganjam," and among the unpublished papers the 

 following may be mentioned : " Statistics of Suicide in Bombay in 1886 

 and 1887," " Note on the Bhonde Kumars," " A descriptive alpha- 

 betical list of twenty occult Sciences of the Muslims," " Note on the 

 Bundi Devuru ceremony of mutilation in a sub-sect of the Vokalijaru 

 Caste of the Mysore Province," " Note on the minor Vaishnava sects 

 of Bengal." 



The Society and the science of anthropology have just sustained a 

 heavy loss in the death of Mr. E. Tyrrell Leith, in Germany. He was the 

 founder of the Society, and had, in an advanced state of preparation, an 

 elaborate work on ' Cannibalism in India.' 



The Madras Journal of Literature and Science contains a very in- 

 interesting paper, by Dr. G. Oppert, ' on the Original Inhabitants of 

 Bharatavarsa, or India/ dealing chiefly with the Dravidians. The 

 Madras Christian College Magazine, has a series of papers by Mr. J. Cain 

 on the Kois. 



Col. Tanner's report on the Explorations in Bhutan and the Lower 

 Sanpu River, already noticed, contains some interesting notes on the 

 tribes inhabiting Bhutan, and a Chingmi vocabulary. 



The Calcutta Review, for April, contains a paper, by Mr. J. C. 

 Nesfield, ' on the Musheras of Central and Upper India.' 



The Ceylon " Orientalist " contains papers, by Mr. H. White, on 

 " Cingalese Folklore" and " Paddy cultivation customs ;" by A. T. Shams- 

 eddin, " on the ceremonies of child-birth among the Moors of Ceylon ; " 

 by C. B Bell " on superstitious ceremonies connected with the cultiva- 

 tion of Alvi, or hill-paddy." 



The " Journal Bombay Branch of the R. A. $." contains a paper, by 

 Dastur Darab Pershotan Sanjana, " on the alleged practice of next- 

 of-kin marriages in old Iran." 



The Indian Antiquary contains contributions by G. T. da Penha, 

 Pattibai D. H. Wadia, and Pandit S. M. Natesa Sastri on " the Folklore 

 of Southern India," and by Mr. Crask, " Notes on the Gipsy tribes of 

 the North-West Provinces and Oudh." 



In the " Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society " is a very 

 interesting account, by Mr. Maurice Portrnan, of the Onges, inhabitants 

 of the Little Andamans, who until very recently appeared to be irre- 

 claimable savages, but have now been conciliated and brought to order. 

 Mr. Portrnan states, on the authority of Mr. W. Maxwell of Penang, 

 a well-known Malay scholar, that the Malays look on the Andamanese 

 as the Monkey race mentioned in the Ramayana and had long known 

 them as the Orang Handouman, the Islands being called Handoumans. 



