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Dictionary by M. Rink.. The author divides the Eskimos into six 
groups: the Greenlander, the Labradorian, the Eskimos of Makenzie, 
the Eskimos of the West, and the Aleutes—Wherein does the Eskimo ? 
Language Differ Grammatically from the other Languages of North 
America, by M. Lucien Adam; M. Leon de Rosny had made a Vol- 
ume on the Deciphering of the Maya Inscriptions, the which M. Rada 
Translated and Presented to the Congress with an Analysis and 
_ Criticism; The Language Timucua, by M. Vinson; M. Vahl pre- i 
sented an ethnographic chart of North America for the Danish Mis- | 
sionary Society, which he explained; The Coloring Matter Employed he 
by the American Indian, by M. Vera; The Variations in the Physical a 
Geography of the American Continent, from the discovery to the 
present—M. Vera; and the Formation of the Words of the Maya 
Language, by the Count de Charencey. 
The Fourth and Sixth Sessions were held respectively at Madrid, 
and Turin. I have no report of these Congresses. 
The Seventh Session was held at Berlin from the 2d to the 5th of 
October, 1888. The papers read and addresses delivered were substan- 
tially as follows: A 3 
The Basques, Britons and Normans on the Coast of North America me 
during the early part of the XVI Century, by M. Gaffarel, 9 pages; a 
Publication of the Writings and Documents Relative to Christopher a 
Columbus and his Time on the Occasion of the Celebration of the 
Fourth Centenary of the Discovery of America, by M. Cora; An His- 
torical Essay on the Primitive Legislation of the Spanish State of 
America, by M. Fabie; On the Nahuatl Version of Sahagun’s Historia 
de la Nueva Espana, by Dr. Brinton, with its discussion, 6 pages; On 
Certain Archzologic Objects of Mexico and South America, by M. 
Heger, 5 pages; The Stone Colliers of Porto Rico, by Jimenez de la 
Espada; Antiquities of Vera Cruz; Archzologic Results of the Later 
Voyages in Mexico, by M. Seler; An Ancient Mexican Mosaic, by M. 
Andree; Notes on the Origin, Working Hypothesis and Primary 
Researches of the Hemenway Southwestern Archzlogical Exposition, 
_ by Mr. F. H. Cushing ; The Antiquities of Nicaragua, by M. Bovallius; — 
The Ceramic Antiquities of the Isle of Marajo, and also on Nephrite and 
Jadeite, by M. Netto; Place of Origin of Nephrite and Jadeite, by M. ‘ 
Virchow; The Aztecs and their Probable Relation to the Pueblo : 
Indians of New Mexico, by Mr. S. B. Evans; The Employ of Cocoa — 
in the Northern Part of South America; American Craniology, by — 
Virchow; An Anatomical Characteristic of the Hyoid Bone of Pre- 
Columbian Pueblo Indians of Arizona, by Drs. Wortmann and Ten 
