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these objects Mr. Henshaw says: “ The moment the stones were 
shown to the Santa Barbara Indians, and without leading ques- 
tions from me, I was told that they were “medicine or sorcery 
stones,” used by the medicine men in making rain, in curing the 
sick and in various ceremonies.” This opinion is maintained by 
the writer. A very ingenious supplement to this theory is sug- 
gested by Mr. John Murdoch, to the effect that objects of this 
kind were primarily sinkers. and that handed down to their pres- 
ent owners they would become invested with great sacredness. 
Assuming this, “it would eventually follow that the groove 
having no longer a special function would either disappear en- 
tirely or be only slightly indicated.” 
Potynesta.— The nineteenth volume of the Encyclopedia 
Britannica contains an extended article by S. J. Whitmee on the 
Polynesian peoples. There are three different types inhabiting 
these islands belonging to the two distinct divisions, the dark 
and the brown. These three types are the Papuan, the Sawaiorl 
or brown Polynesians and the Tarapon or Micronesians, Mr. 
Whitmee’s table given below shows his conception of the rela- 
tionship of the various groups of islands to his three types: 
aces. Countries where found. 
Austral Australia, 
: Andaman Is 
Brown people: | <r { Samang, etc 
Negrito-Polyne- Aru Is. 
sians Western New Guinea. 
Papuan Solomon Is., etc. 
New Hebrides, etc. 
Fiji 
Indo-Pacific | | Samoa, etc. 
Í Hawaii 
Races of f Sawaiori -4 Cook Is., 
Society Is., etc 
Men, | New Zealand. 
Dark people: Malagasy Madagas 
Malayo-Polyne- 4 Formosan Formosa. 
sians ; Malayan { Malays of Sumatra, etc. 
jra ewm 
Caroline Is 
Tarapon | Marshall Is, 
Gilbert Is. 
The history and migrations of the Sawaiori race are discussed 
very thoroughly. To the names Tarapon (from Tarawa and Ponape) 
and Sawaiori (from Samoa, Hawaii and Maori) objections of # — 
potent character have been raised, but it is impossible.to find añ — 
aboriginal word to cover the ground, and the question is purely — 
one of scientific priority. i 
ANNUAL REPORT OF ProGrEss.—The editor of these notes has | 
for many years taken great pleasure in publishing a record daf 
_ progress in anthropology for each year, with the resources at his _ 
= control. -= The time will soon come when this work will be done _ 
