1094 The American Naturalist. [November, 
This Prof. Virchow denies, for notwithstanding the porosity of such 
vases, it was impossible to establish a draft sufficient for cremation. 
The most convincing argument of Boetticher for his theory is the small- 
ness of the ruins, for they measure only one hundred and forty metres 
in length, and about ninety-three metres across,—a space upon which 
it was impossible to build a city one-tenth the magnitude of Homer’s 
Troy. Boetticher has also demonstrated that at Hissarlik, where the 
ruins are, no hill ever existed before the first necropolis had gone there 
into ruins and began to form the mound now in existence. He 
locates the true city of Ilios upon the heights between Hissarlik and 
the Rhoeteion, a hill on the southern shore of the Dardanelles. 
Before us is a series of five missives published by Boetticher. after the 
return from Hissarlik, two of which are illustrated and quite volumin- 
ous (one being in French). The author claims to have been unfairly 
treated at that interview,—that the time set was too short for the pur- 
pose, and that he was not allowed to speak freely. So he maintains his 
former position firmly, and vigorously asserts his claim that the ruins 
in question are nothing but a necropolis to incinerate bodies after the 
Assyro-Babylonian fashion. Among the scientists who have given 
their assent to Boetticher’s idea may be named Prof. Moritz Wagner, 
of Munich; Georg Ebers, of Leipzig; and C. de Harlez, of Louvain. 
This is said to those readers who rely upon scientific authorities.—A. S. 
GATSCHET. 
Additional Studies of Zuni Songs and Rituals with the 
Phonograph.—I have already, in a previous number of the NATURAL- 
IST, mentioned some of the records of Zufii songs and rituals which 
were obtained during the last summer by means of the phonograph. 
Since the preparation of that paper I have been able to obtain several 
important additional records, and to revise some of those which were 
mentioned in my previous notice. Some of these are so important 
that a mention of them may interest those who are in sympathy with 
this method of research. " 
The difficulties in the transportation of the phonograph from the 
railroad to Zufi are not as great as might be imagined. Although the 
trail from Gallup, New Mexico, to Zufii Pueblo is in places very 
rough, the instrument suffered no damage from transportation. I 
found it convenient, however, to take with me the treadle machine, 
which is more practical for this kind of work than that furnished with 
the storage battery. The former is, moreover, more bulky, and on that 
account more difficult to carry over rough roads. ; 
I have been repeatedly asked since my return, ** What the Indians 
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