1132 General Notes. | November, 
Tue Mart Beps or Kunpa—Professor C. Grewinck, in the 
University of Dorpat, has written a pamphlet of seventy-two 
pages on the marl beds of Kunda, in Estland, Province of Livo- 
nia, on the Gulf of Finland, Russia. The marl beds are three 
versts from the sea, between the town and the River Kunda. The 
first portion of the pamphlet describes the geologic features of 
the locality. From page twenty to the end an account is given 
of the bones of vertebrates and the bone implements found in the 
marl. The animals include Zguus caballus, Bos taurus, Cervus 
alces, Cervus capreolus, Cervus tarandus, Sus scrofa, Canis famil- 
aris, The horse and ox are most common, and are found as well 
in the marl as in the bog, generally gnawed. The bone imple- 
ments are mostly harpoon points and piercers, and the position of 
the pieces is accurately described. 
ANTHROPOLOGY IN Japan-—[Trans. As. Soc. of Japan, XI, 
pts. 1 and 2, xm, pt. 1]—vod-plants in Fapan—Mr. Edward 
Kinch, in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Japan, vol. 
XI., pp. 1-38, presents a tabulated list of the food-plants of Japan. 
The systematic name, the Japanese name, and, in many cases, 
the English name is given, The author also states the part of 
the plant that is useful, the use to which it is put, and any inter- 
esting facts known. Dr. Geerts makes some observations on this 
ist and draws attention to Siebold’s “Synopsis plantarum cecon- 
omicarum universi regni Japonici,” Trans. Batav. Soc. of Arts and 
Sc., xii, and to Dr. S. Syrski’s article on Japanese economic 
plants, pp. 175-220, in von Scherzer’s Fachmanuische Berichte, 
etc., Stuttgart, 1872. 
Ainos of Tsuishikari—Tsuishikari is a hamlet in Sapporo,twelve 
miles east of the city. The Ainos who people it are a colony from 
Sagalin that, in 1875, at the invitation of the Japanese govern- 
came and built their straw huts. These Ainos are fishers and 
live on fish, rice and pounded lily roots. Hunting the bear 1$ 
their glory, and they will attack the animal with a bow and a, 
‘knife. The men are fine looking, and no hairier than many 
Englishmen. The women and girls tattoo the cheek with the 
juice of the haba tree. The dress of both sexes is gaudy and not 
unlike. The weapons are the bow, sword, and dagger. The 
=~ Women smoke more than the men, and are also the musicians, 
= playing the Jew’s harp, the harp, and a two-bridged harp (/0”- 
are). Their houses are no better than our Indian huts, and in- 
teriorly are furnished like them. All their home-made vessels are of 
ood. Bear cages are a constant adjunct for raising cubs, whose 
mistresses suckle them when they are very young. These 
