The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 7

Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1878

Índice

• CLAPHAM Dr CROCHLEY The Brainweights of some Chinese and Pelew: 9
• LAWS Mr E On a Kitchen Midden found in a cave near Tenby Pem: 84
• FOX MAJ GEN A LANE Discovery of a Dugout Canoe in the Thames: 102
• Rude Stone Monument in Kent: 140
• MORTIMER Mr J R On an Underground Structure at Driffield York: 157
• Preservation of Ancient Monuments and Antiquities in Ohio: 186
• HOWORTH Mr H: 212
• RAE Dr JOHN On Eskimo Migrations: 527
• SIMSON ALFRED Notes on the Zaparos: 539
• KNOWLES Mr W J Flint Implements and Associated Remains found: 551

Passagens conhecidas

Página 182 - ... to strip from a building this, that, and the other part of its history — of its life, that is — and then to stay the hand at some arbitrary point, and leave it still historical, living, and even as it once was.‎

Página 135 - President, in the Chair. THE minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The following presents were announced, and the thanks of the meeting voted to the respective donors.‎

Página 344 - And view the ground's most gentle dimplement, (As if God's finger touched but did not press In making England) such an up and down Of verdure, — nothing too much up or down, A ripple of land ; such little hills, the sky Can stoop to tenderly and the wheatfields climb...‎

Página 158 - Even these, however, as the temperature became more severe, migrated southward, until all life deserted Britain, and snow and ice were left in undisputed possession. Once more the confluent glaciers overflowed the land, and desolation and sterility were everywhere...‎

Página 12 - A great festival, of which this is thought to be the origin, is solemnised every year in all the cities of China on the day that the sun enters the fifteenth degree of Aquarius, which the Chinese consider as the beginning of their spring. The emperor goes himself in a solemn manner to plough a few ridges of land, in order to animate the husbandman by his own example; and the mandarins of every city perform the same ceremony.‎

Página 10 - There are also other lilies, like roses, that grow in the river, the fruit of which is contained in a separate pod, that springs up from the root in form very like a wasp's nest ; in this there are many berries fit to be eaten, of the size of an olive stone, and they are eaten both fresh and dried.‎

Página 316 - Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Vol. Ill, Nos. 1 and 2. Bulletin No. 1 of the United States Entomological Commission, " Destruction of the Young or unfledged Locusts.‎

Página 376 - Governor in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated the 25th ultimo, and with reference to paras.‎

Página 378 - I am desired to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd instant, and in reply to convey to yon his Lordship's best thanks for the copies therewith forwarded of your very interesting and valuable papers on the agriculture, arts, and meteorology of Nipal.‎

Página 372 - ... been deceived in this way. Only a person thoroughly familiar with the language, quite conversant with the habits of the people, and who had their confidence, could secure a trustworthy version. And this was usually secured only after a promise made to the keepers of these treasures not to make them public in the islands. 'But notwithstanding these difficulties, some missionaries and others have succeeded in making large collections of choice myths and songs, and I am not without hope that before...‎

Informação bibliográfica

• Título: The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 7
• Colaborador: Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
• Editora: Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1878
• Original de: Universidade de Oxford
• Digitalizado: 31 Out 2006