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and as it was on the borders of the island, the belief was that the 
blocks were transported on the water by means of rafts. 
ETHNOGRAPHY. 
The only paper upon this subject relating to the North American 
Indian, was that by Capt. John G. Bourke, 7th Cavalry, U. S. A., 
upon the Sacred Hunt of the North American Indian. The author 
witnessed one while among the Zuñi Indians of New Mexico, which he 
describes in detail. The “Hunt” was for the purpose of procuring 
meat to feed the Sacred Eagles of which there were 13 specimens and 
which furnished the plumage for the various dances and ceremonies. 
His description included other tribes. He showed a boomerang used 
by the Zuñi and Moquis. The blade was 20 inches long with a 
handle 3 inches, the. blade was 23 inches wide, } inch thick, bent 
edgeways 3 inches. 
M. Desiré Charnay presented a memoir on the Analogies between 
the North and Central American civilization and that of Asia. His 
comparisons were based upon his own experiences in the former coun- 
tries, compared with those of the latter as described by various 
authors. 
Dr. Seler, of Germany, described Uitzilopochtli the God of War.? 
He also described some of the arts of the Ancient Mexicans, princi- 
pally of working stone and making plume ornaments. This subject 
was continued by a paper by Mrs. Z. Nuttal on Quetzal-apanecaioth 
or the ancient plume head-dress of the Aztecs. She also presented a 
feather hat, Mexican or Aztec, the making of which was one of the 
specialties of the ancient Aztecs. It was seen by Mrs. Nuttal in the 
Pitti Palace at Florence, and was recognized by her as either the work 
of an Aztec workman or a reproduction thereof made by a Spanish 
Artist. 
Other papers within this group were Popular Melodies of the Gua- 
temala Indians by M. Raymond Pilet; The Limit to Prehistoric 
Civilization upon the Isthmus of Panama by M. Pinart; a description 
of the Antiquities of the Island of Aruba by the same author. M. R. 
de Semalla described the characteristics of the few remaining Caribs 
on the Island of Guadeloupe; M. Marcel treated upon the Fuegians at 
the end of the XVII century as they were reported in some of the 
unpublished documents of the Bibliotheque Nationale. 
