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interred in them without cists ; (4) Kock-temples, with circles of 

 stones round them ; (5) Lines of rocks placed to mark boundaries 

 for cairns ; (6) Square and diagonal platforms of rocks enclosing 

 cairns ; (7) The great parallelogram and place of cremation at 

 Shahpoor." These embrace nearly all the known forms of Druidical 

 or Scythian remains, and the author therefore concludes that they 

 establish the identity of the great Aryan nomadic tribes of the east 

 with those of the west. The almost perfect similarity of the monu- 

 ments of worship and sepulture in the two regions is evidently too 

 remarkable to be doubted. Indeed, Capt. Taylor, in a subsequent 

 paper on "A Group of Ancient Cairns on Twizell Moor, in 

 Northumberland," points out that these agree in very minute points 

 with those he had previously described as occurring in India. These 

 two papers are worthy of careful study by the philologist as well as 

 the antiquary, for if the remarkable similarity between the Cairns 

 and Cromlechs of England and those of India really bear the inter- 

 pretation suggested by the author, the existence of the people 

 termed Aryan by the philologist is no longer a mere theory, pour 

 servir, but is an historical truth. 



In Part IY. of the ' Keliquiae Aquitanicae ' is a discussion by 

 the late Mr. Christy on the antiquity of the Keindeer-period in 

 Southern France, — a question of considerable difficulty with regard 

 to dates, but comparatively easy if the object be merely " to indicate 

 its place in the series of observed facts in relation to ancient man." 

 Mr. Christy is doubtless correct in stating that it is " of higher 

 antiquity than the Kjokkenmoddings of Denmark and the Lacus- 

 trine dwellings of Switzerland, and very certainly than the whole 

 group of so-called Celtic and Cromlech remains." His other con- 

 clusion " that, so far, nothing in the investigation of the works of 

 uncivilized or primitive man, either of ancient or modern times, 

 appears to necessitate a change in the old cherished idea of the Unity 

 of the Human Eace," will probably be called in question by many. 

 Indeed, it is not by any means an accepted principle that a simi- 

 larity of design in certain of man's works is any sure indication of 

 unity of origin. Therefore, although it is probable that the con- 

 clusion is true, it is neither confirmed nor controverted by the 

 evidence here brought forward. 



Amongst the specimens figured in this part are two hollowed 

 pebbles of granite, the use of which is very doubtful, unless they 

 were mortars, and there are difficulties in the way of even this 

 interpretation. 



The ' Anthropological Eeview ' for April contains several articles 

 of considerable interest, including the commencement of two of a 

 general character, which will well repay perusal, namely, Dr. 

 Broca on Anthropology, and Prof. Carl Vogt on " The Primitive 

 Period of the Human Species." There is also a paper by Dr. 



