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upon the subject of anthropology of the Canary Islands, He ranged 
himself on the side of M. Verneau in the belief that the Guanche 
population of these islands at the moment of their discovery were of 
the race of Cro-Magnon, and had come to a slight degree of higher 
civilization. 
M. de Zmigrodski, of Cracow, presented a large chart of the 
objects which had been exposed at the exposition, containing the 
designs of more than 300 objects on which were the sign of the 
svastika, or ancient cross. He divided these into five parts: Asia 
Minor and its influences, the Greco-Roman epoch, Christian epoch, 
the prehistoric in Europe, and the contemporaneous of the nineteenth 
century. Several members expressed doubt as to the conclusions of 
this gentleman. 
M. Dumoutier presented to the congress the costume of a woman of 
Muong, of Western Tonkin, which was ornamented with svastikas. 
Mr. Jammes, of Realmont (Tarn), had spent many years in 
Cambodia, and had made many and extensive excavations in his 
search for evidences of prehistoric man in that country. He pre- 
back. The collection was purchased by me for the United States 
National Museum ; and these objects, with the locality whence they 
came, were described by me in the Naturatist for March, 1890, p. 286. 
M. Belucci announced the discovery of a number of flints chipped 
by intention. The discovery was made by MM. Cuchi and Biauchi, 
Italian travelers, in a locality named Denghis, in a high valley of the 
Abai Abyssinia. These chipped flints were in every way comparable 
to those of the prehistoric ages of Europe. 
Eighth Question : ‘ To What Extent do Archeologic or Ethnographic 
Analogies Sustain the Hypothesis of Relations or Migrations Among 
Prehistoric Peoples ? 
M. Ernst, of Caracas, opened the discussion by a memoir on the 
ancient inhabitants of Merida, in Venezuela, The author occupied 
himself especially with small vases in the form of cuvettes, with legs, 
the extremities of which were joined between themselves by transverse 
pieces which formed a square, with angles more or less round or 
occasionally a circle. M. Ernst described three known types of these 
vases, their ornaments in relief, their colored designs, and gave 
reasons for the belief that these were objects of luxury, possibly of 
religion or cult. The distribution of the original type in Vene- 
zuela, in Costa Rica, and possibly in the countries of New Grenada 




