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blood Pericuis and Coras give place to mixed-bloods, in which 
the foreign element has almost entirely obliterated every aborig- 
inal trace. 
The Kanakas of New Caledonia are of Negrito stock, and the 
Baron de Vaux has diligently supplemented his own personal 
observations by the study of original authorities. 
The last thirty pages of the number are devoted to reviews, 
reports of meetings, expositions and collections, correspondence, 
news and bibliography. : 
The third part of Vol. xvi of Rev. de Linguistique, Paris, is de- 
voted entirely to Sanscrit and Hindustanee. 
he second fascicule of the Bulletins de la Société d Anthropolo- 
gie de Paris, publishes the following papers of general interest: 
On the poisoned arrows of the North American Indians. By G. Lagneau. 
Discussion upon Polyandry in Asia—Kachmir and Thibet. Study in ancient and 
alvy. 
Anatomical significance of the chief humeral of the biceps muscle. By M. Leo 
Testut. 
On the races of Oceanica. By M. Cauvin. 
Report on the brain of Louis Asseline. By MM. Mathias Duval, Chudzinski and 
Hervé. 
Discussion upon the poisoned arrows of the North American Indians. By. MM. 
Prat and G. de Mortillet. 
The traces of ancient religions in Central Asia and to the south of the Hindoo 
Koosh. By Ch. E. de Ujfalvy. 
Morphologic description of the brain of Assezat. By MM. Mathias Duval, Chud- 
zinski and Hervé, 
Upon the “ Tablier” and steatopygia among the Bushman women. By Dr. Raphael 
Blanchard, 
Human sacrifices among the Khonds of India. By E. Reclus. 
The population of Western Laos. By Carl Bock. 
Discussion upon the Couvade among the Basques. By J. Vinson and G. Lagneau. 
Morphological description of the brain of Coudereau. By MM. Duval, Chudzinski 
and Hervé. 
Influence of alimentation upon the milk. By G. de Mortillet. 
The prehistoric Passo. By M. Chauvei. 
The most interesting papers of general interest are the reports 
on the brains of Louis Asseline, M. Assezat and M. Coudereau. 
Tue Concress oF AMERICANISTS.—In 1875 a gathering of 
Americanists took place at Nancy, France, and organized the 
Congrés International des Americanistes, which has assembled by 
adjournment every two years since that date—once each at Brus- 
» Luxembourg, Madrid and Copenhagen. 
In 1883 the session began at Copenhagen on August 21st. It 
Was opened with all due formality in the magnificent hall of the 
university, in the presence of the king, the royal family, the Prin- 
fess of Wales (then on a visit to her parents), the chief ministers 
of State, and many distinguished visitors and pees e Official 
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Belgium, Spain and Italy, and from learned societies in 
o F ita, were present fr the governments of Denmark, 
