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and Malagasy. This view is opposed to the theory that the orig- 
inal Melanesian stock is distinct from that to which the Malay 
-and Polynesian belong. Dr. Tylor seems to fall in with this view, 
since he says: “ The Melanesian and Polynesian languages are 
of one family, but the Melanesian preserves earlier and more per- 
fect forms, the Polynesian being a group of much broken down 
and comparatively modern dialects spread recently by emigrants.” 
On the other hand Professor Keane. suggested that if Mr. Cod- 
rington is correct in assuming the original unity of Malayo- 
Polynesian and Melanesian speech, all our conclusions regarding 
the relative value of physical and linguistic types will have to be 
reconsidered. The theory of Mr. Codrington is that of the elder 
Von der Gabelentz; but the younger (George) Von der Gabelentz 
‘and Dr. A. B. Meyer recognize in their “ Beitrage zur Kenntniss 
der Melanesischen, Mikronesischen, und Papuanischen Sprachen 
elements, a Melanesian or Papuan, and a Malayo-Polynesian in 
the Oceanic world. 
ARCHZOLOGICAL Fraups.—The NATURALIST for some years 
has strenuously and continuously warned archeological collectors 
against giving factitious values to relics. It is this craze to have 
more and prettier stone implements than his neighbor that leads 
_ cities of Europe two years ago, are frauds. Dr. Rau ad | 
he discredited the specimens when they were in Washington, but 
had no proof against them save his own opinion. The case 15 
= now changed, and the men who made Valentine’s objects have 
_ are deposited in the National Museum, 
7 Some LABORATORY APPLIANCES. —I. Water-bath apparatus fi af 
ara .—The laboratory appliances for the use of students an 
apparatus in use for some time past in the embryological 
| uggestions to those who contemplate fitting up laboratoric® 
. : are ‘many advant in having a water-bath for a2 
Stead of a common tank for all the students in 4 
(Leipzig, 1882), the presence of at least two organic linguistic _ 
actually produced a duplicate set for the Smithsonian, and they 
of the Mus. Comp. Zool. at Harvard College, may 
