38 A REVIEW OF DR. A. B, MEYER'S NEGRITOS. 



" variation in organic form and their result is still so inadequate, 

 " that it is extremely rash to speculate in this general manner on 

 " the genetic connection of races, and doubtless easier to set up 

 "a clever hypothesis than to prove its full legitimacy, let alone 

 " necessity." 



In his conclusion he deplores the practice of describing 

 skulls in detail " which will never lead to profitable results." 

 He thus takes a final shot at the " Crania Ethnica." " Whoever 

 '' wishes to obtain an idea of the chaos which reigns here let him 

 ' ; read the 'Crania Ethnica' of de Quatrefages and Hamy : he 

 t' would need Ariadne's clue to find his way in this labyrinth of 

 " skull descriptions." 



He appeals to "some able investigator" to dedicate his 

 powers to the Negritos of the Philippines (as the Saranies have 

 done for the Weddas), and hopes that later generations will 

 attain to the " heights of knowledge " and be able to look back 

 to the present time with its gropings in the dark, its daring hy- 

 potheses, its paucity of facts, as the childhood of Anthropology. 



