102 . General Notes. [January, 
darkly colored than the Polynesians. They have crisped hain 
salient lips, noses artificially flattened, and the ears pierced in 
lower lobe. The beard is quite abundant, although many do not 
allow it to grow. They wear no clothing. The height of the 
women, poor creatures who ‘are only beasts of burden, is below 
the mean. Pretty up to the fifteenth year, they soon become d& | 
crepid by reason of severe toil and harsh usage. Old age is rate 
Frequent wars, chronic diseases, epidemics, carelessness about 
the laws of health, sudden changes of occupation, and above all, _ 
the enfeeblement of the mothers, are sufficient to account for the 
brevity of life. The women belong to the tribe and to their put 
chasers, hence courtship and marriage in a true sense are UP 
known. Betrothals take place early, and are effected by the 
exchange of gifts, they are binding only when the bachelor sends 
to his fiancée a collar of a certain pattern. Finally, to complete 
the engagement, both drink from the same cup a fermented 
liquor specially prepared. Infidelity in the wife is punished by : 
precipitating her from a celebrated cliff. The pastimes of the 
men consist of athletic sports, and they drive away dull care with 
the music of a rude flute and the recitation of ancient legends 
One of their favorite weapons is the sagaze, which they hurl by 
means of a short cord, looped at one end for the forefinger, aMi 
knotted at the other to make fast temporarily to the shaft. Those 
who have seen a seine landed by men with just sucha looped 
knotted cord passed around theif shoulders and wrapped oncè 
around the seine rope, will understand the working of this savage ; 
sling. The paper of Baron de Vaux abounds in useful informa — 
tion which the want of space does not even permit us to mention 
(Rev. d' Ethnog., 11, 327-354). | E 
FrencH EranoLocy.—The fourth part of Vol. 11, Revue d'Eth os 
nographie,. Paris, contains the following original memoirs : 
The Ghiliaks, from the latest sources of information. By J. Deniker. ; l 
The use of Mollusks among ancient and modern peoples Il. Mollusks of the 
tombs of Equador and New Guinea (6 figs.). By A. F. de Rochebrune- By : 
Ethnographic observations in the peninsula of California and Sonora (5 figs) 7% 
H. Tenkat ‘ 
The Kanakas of New Guinea (13 figs.). By Baron L, de Vaux. 
The Ghiliaks are that people who live at the mouth of nae 
Amoor and on the adjacent shore of Saghalin. They belong: 
with the Yukagirs, etc., to the vast family of tribes called by ; 
Schrenck the Paleasiatics. nA 
The use of mollusks among the S. American aborigines of the : 
Pacific coast was very restricted, both as regards species pa 
classes of specimens, and this fact is more apparent in Ecuagt — 
and New Grenada, than in Peru. gai 
The southern peninsula of California is almost devoid of intet 
est to the anthropologist. Ancient relics are rare, and the pule 
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