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ANTHROPOLOGY. 
of these characters in them,” which is embraced by the 
term “special Ethnology or Ethnography.” Such is the 
definition of this interesting branch of the science as 
submitted by one of the leading anthropologists of the 
day. As now understood, however, Anthropology treats 
of man as a whole, and in doing so draws for assistance on 
the allied sciences—zoology, comparative anatomy, physiology 
—in order to demonstrate more concisely the development 
of the masterpiece of the Creator’s handiwork. His origin 
also comes in for an amount of investigation. This enquiry 
immediately suggests to the student the great questions— 
whether man is a new-comer on the earth or an old 
inhabitant,—what his relation to the rest of the universe,— 
whether all races are different and have appeared as we now 
find them, or have assumed their present state and form 
through a long series of ages. 
Now, in examining questions so intricate and important, 
the wider the range of knowledge which can be brought to 
bear on the matter, and the greater the comparison offered, 
the less risk there is of error in distinguishing, and assign¬ 
ing to man, his correct position amongst his zoological 
allies. Moreover, the position and place held by man in the 
zoological cycle is not the only point which has to be estab¬ 
lished, but also the development of his moral and intellectual 
faculties ; and Psychology, which is now demanding from 
scientists so much attention and investigation, must be 
embraced as another important factor in a complete system 
of Anthropology. Again, Geology has to be called in to 
render its quantum of light, and enables the enquirer to fix 
the age of the strata in which man’s remains have been found, 
and the position he held in those early times, and conse¬ 
quently provides some chronological data as to the age 
of man ; but in tracing the origin and progress of man from 
his primitive condition the characteristic resemblance to the 
lower animals is quickly left behind, and, says Professor 
Flower, “ It is on evidence of a kind peculiar to the human 
species, by which man is pre-eminently distinguished from all 
living beings, that our conclusions exist.” The knowledge 
we gain of man in the earlier period of his existence by the 
assistance of prehistoric archaeology, helps us in the investi¬ 
gation of all human culture, and assists us in tracing back to 
their origin, the arts, customs, and manners of man. Yet 
in following an argument on these lines, the difficulty crops 
up as to what must be included, and what must be excluded, 
as though the term prehistoric marks the boundary between 
the historian and anthropologist, yet it. is perfectly evident 
that the one unconsciously lapses into the other. 
