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covery of this ratio was regarded as an all-important clue. The 
cubical dotted die represents one of the implements of magic 
employed for this purpose. The cubical die belongs, however, to 
a comparatively late period in the history of games and divination. 
The almost universal object for determining number, and thence, by 
counting, place or direction, is three or more wooden staves, usually 
flat on one side and rounded upon the other.” The author offers no 
comments upon the games of Patolli, of Mexico, and Pachesi, of 
India, which are perhaps the best examples of resemblance in a some- 
what complex game from widely’separated regions. It will be 
remembered that Dr. E. B. Tylor, to whose paper he refers, con- 
siders the game of Patolli to have been derived from Asiatic sources. 
The work is illustrated with fifty plates and over two hundred figures 
in the text. F. R. 
The Huichol Indians of Mexico.’ — Carl Lumholtz has given a 
preliminary sketch of the Huichol Indians of the state of Jalisco, 
Mexico, whom he visited in 1894. But brief mention is made of 
their physical characters. The average stature of 43 men measured 
was 1.65 meters. They are thievish, emotional, imaginative, excit- 
able, avaricious, and yet not inhospitable when their confidence has 
been gained. They spend a great part of their time at feasts and 
ceremonies. The houses are of stones and mud, covered with 
thatched roofs. The drinks used and the manner of brewing and 
distilling them are described in some detail. The author considers 
the process of distillation to be the most sai in use upon the 
continent. 4 w R. 
Anthropological Notes. — In the Annual Report of the Director of 
the Field Columbian Museum for the year ending Sept. 30, 1898, we 
note that the Department of Anthropology was one of the most active 
and successful in the museum during the year. The accession list 
contains a rather undue proportion of osteological specimens — 
rather a fortunate condition from our point of view. 
In the January-February pumber of the American Antiquarian 
H. I. Smith gives an interesting list of the “Animal Forms in 
Peruvian Art.” The animals represented range from man to mol- 
lusks, and are both painted and sculptured. 
1 sage of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. x, article i, 
pp. 1-14. New York, 1898. 
