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number of cases at the two latter cities rather small, but the 
choice made was a good one. Three areas of aboriginal ‘life 
were admirably portrayed, Alaska, Queen Charlotte islands, and 
New Mexico. In cases running parallel, Eskimo and Haida life 
were set one against the other, to bring before the eye the fact 
that in close proximities the tribes of men are powerfully influ- 
enced by their environment. The preparation for New Orleans 
will be on a much larger scale. Professor Otis T. Mason, who 
has recently been appointed curator of ethnology in the National 
Museum, will have charge of these migratory anthropological 
exhibitions and wishes to make them as educational as possible. 
Section OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT TuRIN.—At the Esposizione 
Generale Italiana in Torino, 1884, the section of anthropology 
was organized with much care and included a wide treatment of 
the subject. The following scheme will give some idea of the 
method of installation : 
Crass I. 
Methods and Processes employed in the Anthropologic Sciences. 
Category 1. Instruments and apparatus of anthropometry 
T nstruments and apparatus of craniometry and pelvimetry. 
Mades of muscular force, dynamometry. 
Measures of vital capacity, ee spirography, thoracometry. 
Measures of sensibility, zesthesio 
Measures of experimental RA reaction, reflex action, &c. : 
Measures of temperature, pulse and respiration, thermometry, sphyg- 
mography, pneumography. 
Methods of weighing the brain. 
Processes of mounting and preserving crania and skeletons. 
. Methods of preserving brains and other soft parts. 
‘* 11, Cranio-cerebral topography. 
“ 12. Chromatic tables for the hair, skin and iris. 
Sk AZ of obtaining indices and means. 
~ TA aikoi instruction in Italy. 
-o IG par ee plans and documents of Italian museums, public and pri- 
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» i f6; Specii — of Societa d’Anthropologia, Etnologia e Psicologia 
mparata, 
Crass II. 
Comparative and General Anthropology. 
eas T Rara characters of the anthropomorphous apes. 
-H and comparative embryogeny. 
wT Physical characters of the races of man. 
«« 4. Rudimentary and atavic characteristics. 
Crass III. 
Anatomical Anthropology. 
oe 1. Collections of typical Italian skulls, 
2. Collections of typical Italian skeletons, 
