302 The American Naturalist. [Man 4 
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pages; Ancient American Music, by Oscar Comettant, 27 pages; — 
Alphabet of one of the Ancient Languages in the interior of South — 
America, by M. Pacheco-Zegarra, 28 pages; Memoire on the numera- 
tion of the Maya Language, Leon De Rosny, 20 pages. es 
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICANISTS Was — 
held at Luxembourg, from the 10th to the 14th of September, 1877. — 
There were 1047 subscriptions, and the total receipts, including con- — 
tributions, amounted to 18,338 francs. Twenty-seven countries were 
represented. a 
The titles of the papers presented and addresses delivered are as H 
follows :— 4 
The Ancient Pueblos, by Edwin A. Barber, 17 pages; The Mound 
Builders, by Mr. Robert S. Robertson, 26 pages; The Chinese in Cal 
ifornia, by M. Emile Guimet, 9 pages ; Osteologic Evidence furnished 
by the Ancient Mounds of Michigan, by Mr. Henry Gillman, 15 pages; 
The Origin of Civilization in the New World, by Mr. F. A. Allen, 20 3 
pages, with the Protestation, by M. L’abbe Hengesh, 4 pages; The 
Mound Builders, by Mr. S. D. Peet, 17 pages; To What Race Belon a 
the Mound Builders? by Judge M. F. Force, 25 pages; The Origin of 
the Language, Mythology and Civilization of America, found in the Old | 
World, by Mr. Hyde Clarke, 14 pages; The History of America and 
its Discovery, by Mr. De Hellwald, 4 pages; The European Colonies — 
in Markland and l’Escociland, in the XVI and XVII Centuries, by 1 
M. E. Beauvois, 61 pages; A Comparison between the Civil Legisla- 4 
tion of the Mexicans under the Aztec Emperor, and of the Peruvians — 
during the epoch of the Incas, by Sr. J. F. Nodal; The Route of the a 
Mississippi, by M. Gabriel Gravier, 75 pages; Points or Marks in the — 
Chronology of the History of the Mound Builders, by M. Stronck, 18 
pages ; The Migration of the Nahuas, by J. H. Becker, 26 pages; — 
Address of Mr. Da Silva Paranhos and his criticism of the work of — 
M. le Doctor Couto deMacalhaes, entitled “ O Selvagem ” or the Sav- 
age, being an investigation into the Antiquity of Man in South Amer a 
ica, and especially in Brazil; Americus Vespucci, by Dr. Schoetter, 8 
pages; Theories on Ka-kwaks, and their destruction by the Senecas,by 
Abbe Schmidt; Conquest of the Ancient Chilleans by the Peruvians 
in the times of the Incas, by M. H. Savary, 2 pages ; Pay-Tuma, by Abbe — 
Schmidt, 6 pages; Prehistoric Synchronism, by M. Anatole Bamps, 29 
pages; The Discovery of Brazil by the French, by M. P. Gaffarel, st 
pages; Memoirs of Brazil, by M. Burtin ; the voyage of Verrazzano, by — 
M. Desimoni; The Ethnographic distribution of Nations and Lan- — 
