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contrary, is contributing its quota to the elucidation of Ame- 

 rican Ethnology. The first part of vol. iii. is just issued 

 from the press, and contains much new and interesting mat- 

 ter. The Hon. E. G. Squier, whose work on Nicaragua is 

 an authority, is still studying and throwing a light on that 

 district. A paper, " On the Archseology and Ethnology of 

 Nicaragua," in the present Part, is a valuable contribution to 

 our knowledge, both of the tribes and of their languages. 

 Prior to Mr Squier's visit, our information of this interest- 

 ing district was very meagre and sketchy. A knowledge of 

 these tribes is likely to point out what relationship existed 

 between the Mexicans and Peruvians, and also the relation- 

 ship of both to the great American family of Man. 



The British Association for the Advancement of Science 

 has printed for circulation, in order to rightly direct inquiry, 

 a new edition of its queries, under the title of " A Manual of 

 Ethnological Inquiry." From the circumstance that the 

 leading Ethnologists of Great Britain belong both to our 

 Society and to the British Association, there is a unity of 

 action in the two Societies, in the endeavour to collect the 

 facts and data of our science. And my being Ethnological 

 Secretary to Section E, as well as Honorary Secretary to our 

 Society, the object of the Association in the distribution of 

 its Manual can be more fully carried out. Copies have 

 already been sent to nearly every missionary station in tne 

 world ; and from the concise directions as to what to observe, 

 we may expect a large mass of facts to be brought together 

 for the advancement of Ethnology. — (From Sketch on the 

 Recent Progress of Ethnology. By Richard Cull, Esq.) 



