658 Recent Literature. ., [ September, 
mounds of Omori. A comparison of the recent with the ancient 
forms show the least possible- change, with the present form 
slightly larger and just as perfectly developed. 
Prof. Milne will be called upon to give his authority for the 
statement that the Ainos have platycnemic tibie! Until some 
explanation is made, archeologists + will please look to Prof. 
Milne as an authority for this remarkable statement. We may 
add, by the way, that Aino skeletons are such a drug in the mar- 
ket that there can be no difficulty in verifying this statement ! 
_ A most wretched and misleading cut is given of some rock 
inscriptions from Otaru. In order that the hieroglyphists may 
ave some conception of the appearance of these curious inscrip- 
tions, we present a figure reduced from a drawing made bya 
Japanese gentleman, Mr. Morishima. 
Rock Inscriptions from Otaru, west coast of Yezo. Scale 1-30. 
In proof that the Ainos are pot makers, the following over- 
whelming evidence is given: “Mr. Charles Maries when travel- 
s it not more than likely that Mr. Maries has made 
a similar mistake. (I met this gentleman in Yezo, and found him 
a most delightful and entertaining acquaintance, but laying nO 
more claim to a knowledge of these subjects than I do of the 
trees, the seeds of which he was sent out from England to col- 
lect.) 1 have also crossed Yezo from the west coast, have visited — 
a great many Aino villages, examined a great many interiors and- 
identified the pottery and lacquertused by the Ainos, and failed to: 
find any evidence that they are to be regarded as pot makers 11 
any sense of the word. e 
In the following manner does Prof. Milne suggest that the 
Ainos might have been cannibals. He finds in a number of old 
