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tical of the value of linguistic distinctions. I know 
Bengalis who speak English most perfectly, and I can 
well imagine their losing their mother-tongue from 
disuse or disassociation with their brethren; but the 
Bengali does not thus become an Anglo-Saxon. I be¬ 
lieve very little stress should be put on lingual rela¬ 
tionships ; and also do I protest against any system of 
classification founded on the cranium alone : the whole 
body, outer integuments as well as osseous frame, must 
be called in witness; and one day perhaps the study of 
human proportions and physical peculiarities will result 
in a classification in which language plays no part, or 
at least a very subsidiary one. In the mean time let 
us take the chart of the Swiss professor as the best 
thing we have at present. The nineteen tribes or fam¬ 
ilies Dr. Stoll names as follows, and their location 
is indicated by the numbers on the chart: — 
1. Mam. 
2. Ixil. 
3. Agnacateca. 
4. Uspanteca. 
5. Poconchi. 
6. Quekclii. 
7. Choi. 
8. Mop an. 
9. Quiche. 
10. Tzutohil. 
11. Cakchiquel 
12. Pipil. 
13. Sinca. 
14. Pupuluca. 
15. Pokomam. 
16. Cliorti. 
17. Alaguilac. 
18. Maya. 
19. Carib. 
Of the Aztec stem, only the Pipiles (12) are found in 
Guatemala. They are probably the descendants of the 
Tultecs, who were subdued by the Olmecs. Of the Mije 
stem are the small tribe of Pupulucas (14). The Carib¬ 
bean stem is represented on the coast by the Caribs (19); 
and of these so many differing accounts have been given 
that I am tempted to give a fuller description. 
When the West Indies were discovered, they were peo¬ 
pled by several races ; but among them none were so formi¬ 
dable as the inhabitants of the southern islands of that 
