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and Hindoo races being decided alone by the structure of language. 

 The paper induced considerable discussion, and had the advantage 

 therefore, if not in itself original or new, of doing what appears to me 

 so desirable when important questions of a scientific nature are before 

 the world, of directing the attention and of keeping it fixed on the 

 object, as also of eliciting what new views men have actually arrived 

 at, in connection with the points at issue. 



A paper was then read by the Secretary, from M. Emil von 

 Schlagintweit, upon peculiarities of the languages of the aborigines of 

 India and Thibet, and their analogies, and also on their physical pecu- 

 liarities; with remarks upon the facial characteristics, which elicited some 

 discussion on the subject from Dr. J. Anderson and Mr. W. T. Blanford. 

 Some valuable hints on the mode of making casts of the head were 

 given by Dr. Anderson, who remarked that, by this process, he hoped, 

 in time, to have life busts of all accessible Indian Races. A memo- 

 randum was then read by Professor Partridge, Honorary Secretary 

 to the Falconer Memorial Committee, in which he stated that 

 there still remained a debt of Us. 110 for the marble bust .of the 

 late Dr. Falconer and he therefore appealed to the members for 

 additional subscription ; not only to defray this debt, but to provide 

 a suitable pedestal for the bust, which was there for the Society's 

 inspection. 



At the September meeting, Mr. W. T. Blanford read an interesting 

 account of the stone implements that have been found in India, the result 

 of his own observation and of communications from other investigators. 

 To this interesting collection of the vestiges of prehistoric man, the 

 Central Provinces, Central India, Madras, Bengal proper, Bombay, 

 Scinde, Assam, Burma, Java and the Andaman Islands contributed, 

 and a tabulated account of the specimens found in each of these 

 localities was laid before the meeting, describing their nature, 

 the exact locality and position in which they were found, the 

 name of the discoverer, and mentioning the Museum or other 

 site in which they are deposited, with remarks illustrative of 

 each specimen. Several members of the Society made remarks on these 

 stone implements ; and an interesting discussion followed on them, 

 as found not only in India, but also in other parts of the world. Mr. 

 Blanford said that he was inclined to believe that we have, in them, 



