568 General Notes, [May, 
ernary, and is convinced that the tracks are those of the Moro- 
therium, an edendate. It is but just to Dr. Hoffman to say that 
the opinion stated above is that of the people of Carson, and by 
no means his own. The impression, of which a cast was taken by 
him, is not a track at all. The mud was so soft that the animal's 
foot sunk into it, pushed a ridge upwards two or three inches 
higher than the outside level, and came out with a mass adhering 
to it. Consequently no marks of claws or skin creases are to be 
looked for. Very few doubt at this time the antiquity of man, 
but the evidence may be weakened by too earnest pleading on 
the part of its advocates. 
Corea: Tue Hermit Nation.—In May of the past year Com- 
modore R. W. Shufeldt negotiated a treaty between the United 
States and Corea. In a few weeks commercial relations were 
established with Great Britain, France and Germany. The open- 
tain the most reliable and detailed information respecting We 
aboriginal inhabitants of the country, the influence of the environ- 
ing peoples upon Corea, the part which Corea has played in the 
civilization of her neighbors, the detailed account of her historic 
evolution, the story of the Jesuit missions in the last git 
and finally the resources of the peninsula, we chanced to read@ 
- volume published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, of New w 
titled “ Corea : The Hermit Nation,” by William Elliot Gi 
The work is divided into three parts: 1. Ancient and l pe 
history; 2. Political and social Corea; 3. Modern and ree 
history. Of the aborigines nothing is known. 
kingdoms of England, Scotland and Wales, the C 
were distinct in origin, were conquered by a race from io pa 
received a fresh infusion of alien blood, struggled in niv fa, 
centuries, and were finally united into one nation, with o 4 
and one sovereign.” To the sociologist the chapters on al 
ment, feudalism, serfdom, social order, woman and 7 
, ’ , , burial, em- 
child-life, housekeeping, diet, costume, mourning and 
ployments, mythology, folk lore and culture, wi i 
valuable information. Those who regard Manco-Ceapa®, i fad 
zalcoatl and their congeners to have been real persons, “aat 
some comfort in chapter xxi, entitled “ The Dacha by the 
wherein the story of Will Adams, an Englishman het “treated 
Japanese, and of John Wetterree, a Dutchman similarly a 
by the Coreans, is carefully detailed. The influence ° 
anism and Buddhism is well described. 
1] furnish newand — 
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