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fields, and preserver of antiquities, is discussed briefly, 
in its relation to history and human weal, by inspect- 
or T. Schacht of Oldenburg (pp. 5-12). 
The researches of M. Baber in Szetschuen and Yun- 
nan, south-west China, brought him into communi- 
cation with the Lolos, — an interesting tribe, who 
present but few points of agreement with the Mon- 
golian type (pp. 26-28). 
Dr. Hagen, on a journey inland from the east coast 
of Deli, in Sumatra, observed carefully the Battas of 
the coast, the Orang-Lussun of the foot-hills, and the 
Orang-Karo, Orang-Timor, and Orang-Tobah, in the 
vicinity of Tobah Lake. The writer dwells at some 
length upon their anthropometry and their social 
and technical characteristics (pp. 44-53, 102-104, 142- 
149, 167-177). 
Mr. Fr. v. Schenck has added a little to our infor- 
mation upon the people of Colombia, South America, 
by references to the Antioquefios and Medellinos (pp. 
85-93, 213-220). 
A minute description of the inhabitants of the 
Jagnau valley, which lies near the 40th parallel, on 
the borders of Turkestan, is given by Bonvalot. 
These people are considered by Professor Fred. Mul- 
ler to speak a very old Iranian language (pp. 93- 
102). 
The archeology of Julianehaab, the most southern 
district of Greenland, first studied by Steenstrup in, 
1876, has more recently received the attention of 
Holm, who locates over a hundred ruins of Scandina- 
vian dwellings, and who has examined many graves 
(pp. 137, 188). 
Gerhard Rohlfs rates the number of Jews in Africa 
at 450,000: to wit, Algiers, 34,000; Egypt, 8,000; Tu- 
nis, 60,000; Tripoli, 100,000; Morocco, 200,000; the 
rest scattered over the continent (p. 211). 
The names and localities of the African tribes liv- 
ing on the upper Niger, in Adamaua and the neigh- 
boring regions, is given by R. Flegels (p. 246). The 
accompanying chart is an excellent help in fixing 
definitely the location of each tribe. 
Dr Emin Bey, governor of the equatorial provinces 
of Egypt in 1880, made a journey from Lado to Ma- 
kraka, and in the following year prosecuted his re- 
searches through the Mudirié Rohl. Emin Bey’s 
travels were mainly in the country visited by Pethe- 
rick in 1862, by Schweinfurth in 1869-71, by Wil- 
helm Junkers in 1877 and 1878, and by Fekin and 
Wilson in 1879. This communication is illustrated by 
an excellent map, and contains much that is worth 
preserving about the tribes along the route (pp. 260- 
268, 8238-340, 415-428). Dr. Junkers has a paper on 
his travels, in the journal, and describes especially the 
A-Madi (p. 286) and the A-Baranbo (p. 289) stock. 
Frequent references to Emin Bey and Junkers will 
be found in the bibliographic lists of the Mitthei- 
lungen. 
The Rumuni, in Istria, are called by the Germans, 
Wallachs; by the Slavs, Wlaks; by themselves, Ru- 
muni, or Rumeri. Dr. Karl Lechner devotes a few 
pages to a description of them (pp. 294-299). 
Dr. Polakowsky makes the statement that Mr. 
Gabb’s ‘Tribes and languages of Costa Rica’ has 
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been published this year, with learned comments by . 
L. Fernandez, as a special supplement of the Costa-— 
Rican official gazette. The author also describes at 
length a visit of the Catholic bishop Thiel to the Chi- 
rippo, and other tribes of this Central-American state 
(pp. 300-304). 
An excellent example of the application of raphe: 
methods to anthropology is the nationality chart 
of Bohemia, designed by E. Hochreiter. Among 
the facts brought out and illustrated is the title 
which the Bohemians have won for being wanderers. 
While there are 490,565 Bohemians in Austro-Hun- 
gary outside of Bohemia, there are only 80,236 
persons in that country who are not natives (pp. 321- 
323). 
St. v. Rogozinski, visiting Liberia in March, 1883, 
gives a very flattering account of the state of affairs | 
in that colony. Leaving Cape Palmas, he visited the 
coast of Assini, formerly a French colonial posses- 
sion, but deserted in 1871. ‘ Of all the stocks of the 
west coast,’ says Rogozinski, ‘that I have seen, the 
Assinese are the inost comely.’ The court and vil- 
lage of King Amatifu made a very good impression 
upon the traveller; and he was able to acquaint him- 
self with many of the customs of the people, espe- 
cially those connected with the burial of the dead, 
the taking of meals, fetich doctors, and dancing. 
The journal of Rogozinski concludes with a brief 
recital of a visit to Elmina, in Ashanti, and the an- 
nouncement of his arrival in Fernando Po (pp. 366- 
373). : 
Two papers descriptive of the upper streams of the 
Yang-tse-Kiang and the Taw-la Mountains, by N. 
Prjevalski, make incidental allusions to ethnologic 
subjects. The Jegrai and the Golyks (Kolo of Huc), 
of Tangut stock, find mention on p. 351; and the 
Tibetans are described at greater length on p. 379. 
Notes on the customs of Kafiristan are to be found 
in the communication relating to that country, by 
Hughes and Munschi-Synd-Schah, especially on pp. 
408, 409. 
Supplement No. 71 is devoted entirely to the Cos- 
sacks. It is compiled from the work of Chorosch- 
chin and from other sources, by F. v. Stein. We have 
in this essay an excellent monograph upon the Cos- 
sacks, commencing with a brief résumé of their his- 
tory, so far as it is known, and enlarging upon their 
present dispersion, characteristics, their works and 
industries, and chiefly their social and military organi- 
zation. Tien the last point, carefully prepared sta- 
tistics have been compiled. 
Supplement No. 72 is a report of Juan Maria 
Schuver’s journey to the upper Nile region, including 
his observations and discoveries upon the watershed 
between the Blue and the White Nile, and on the bor- 
der-line between Egypt and Abyssinia. This number 
is replete with descriptions of the people in the dis- | 
tricts considered. 
Supplement No. 73 is a methodical investigation — 
concerning the cinnamon-producing regions, by Dr. 
Carl Schumann. 
this study is its bearing upon the history of com- 
merce. . 
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