$42 General Notes. [August 7 
Branch or Stock, 
Waccawai, same as Ackawoi. ; 
Wapiana Wapiana, 
Warrau... Warran, 
ma, hybrids. 
Woyowai, only the name is known. 
Zurumutas, sub-tribe of Macusi Carib, 
To give a faint conception of the rich veins of ethnologic lore 
in this volume it would be necessary to quote many pages. We q 
have so few collaborators in South America, that Mr, im — 
Thurn is to be congratulated for his energy and wise use of his 
time. 
THE CATLIN CoLLECTION.— The editor of these notes had the i 
preservation, having the merit of being collected forty years ago 
and taken from the hands of those who made and used them. — 
But, sad to tell, time, neglect and insects have played d nE 
havoc with many beautiful and rare things. It was hard to real- i 
ize that so few years could work such changes, yet such is — 
the case, and many more fine collections will go the same path. 
MICROSCOPY AND HISTOLOGY. 
MetHops oF Impeppinc.2—Dr. Blochmann reviews the various 
methods of imbedding, describing in detail those that pte | 
into general use, and pointing out the advantages and gisa : 
tages of each. oy FE aa 
In every method of imbedding the principle 1s w | 
namely, to saturate objects with substances which not ¢ y ie 
out the larger internal cavities, but which -also penetrate ka l 
sues themselves, rendering them (after cooling) sufficiently 
or the process of sectioning. 
Glycerine and Gelatine.— 1 part. 
Gelatine. siiis ; sree 
Distilled waler saii parts. 
For preservation a little carbolic acid (1 gram for i00 oy d 
_ of the mixture) should be added. Objects are tra : wee 
imbedded in paper boxes. After cooling the objects thus} 5 rine 
are hardened in alcohol, then sectioned and mounted in Bo iit — 
; ho meron 
Schiefferdecker s method of imbedding in Cellotdine. err 
1 Edited by Dr. C. O. WuitTMan, Mus. Comparative Zoology, anes 
*F. ae “Ueber Einbettingsmethoden.” Zettschr, fp We A 
1 : 1880. 
l is recommended by Kaiser. Botan, Centralbl., 1 P 25» i 
* Arch. f. Anat, u. Phys., 1 Abth., p. 199, 1882. 
