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used, their changes, their improvements, etc. ; the differeut methods of 

 measuring' skulls — that employed by MM. Kanke, Thann, Holder, Vir- 

 chow, and, of course, Broca. 



Dr. Hamy exhibited a set of anthropometric instruments packed for 

 transportation. They were intended for travelers and to be used in 

 measuring the living person, usually the savage among whom the trav- 

 eler might pass. They consisted of the various compasses, the meas- 

 ures, etc., together with the tables that were to be used in transcribing 

 them. 



The Government of Denmark made a special exhibit at its own ex- 

 pense with its own officers in charge, working, of course, under the 

 direction of the committee. 



There was an extensive exhibit from Italy, but it pertained more to 

 anthropology pure and simple, and its relation to crime. 



Belgium was well represented, and her museums and societies and 

 amateur collectors lent their objects quite freely and made an elaborate 

 and extensive display, comprising the great discoveries of MM. Fraipont 

 and Lohest in the Grotte de Spy relating to the paleolithic period. 



Dr. Cunningham, from the medical college of the Dublin University, 

 made a presentation of twenty pieces prepared by his process of freez- 

 ing, similar to those now shown in the Army Medical Museum. 



Probably the most important, the most unique and valuable contri- 

 bution in lelation to American prehistoric anthropology, was that 

 made by the National Museum of Bio Janeiro, Brazil. It consisted of 

 9 skulls of prehistoric men, the chief among which was that of Lagoa 

 Santa which was discovered now 15 or more years by Lund during his 

 residence in that country, taken by him to Copenhagen, and lately pub- 

 lished by Dr. Soren Hansen. Other prehistoric skulls of the same 

 country and part of the same exposition were those from the shell-heaps 

 of Parama, St. Catharine, etc. 



The prehistoric man of Caucasus was represented by the collection of 

 Monsieur Chantre, who has made such studies in that counutry, the re- 

 sults of which have been lately published in his extensive work. 



The collection of M. H. H. Bisley, director of the ethnographic service 

 of Bengal, comprised about six hundred objects and gave as complete a 

 representation of ethnography in India as was possible. 



There were casts of fourteen skulls of Indians from North America. 

 They were all of prisoners in Florida, and the casts were sent by the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY. 



PRANCE — PALEOLITHIC PERIOD. 



This division was under the special charge of M. Carcailhac. It was 

 arranged by him, and was intended to be as complete an exposition of 



