Garo Ethnology.—Dr. Biren Bonnerjea publishes in the Indian Antiquary for July a study of the Garo, an aboriginal tribe of Assam who inhabit the Garo Hills, which are named after them. Their ethnical affinities are doubtful; their customs peculiar. They are probably a section of the great Bodo tribe which at one time occupied a large part of Assam. They speak a language of the Bodo group of the TibetoChinese family. They have small round faces, are platyrrhine, and have blue eyes and dark skins. Language and physical features suggest Mongolian stock, a view supported by the frequent occurrence of the blue Mongolian patch on the sacral region. They are essentially agriculturists, but are omnivorous. It is suggested that fire has only recently been introduced among them, as they eat their food raw or only slightly warmed. Each family has two habitations, one in the village and one in a tree. They believe in a supreme anthropomorphic god who dwells, with wife and children, in heaven. The children were born on earth before the god and his consort took up residence in heaven, and the Garos are descended from one of three granddaughters. This legend must be connected with the prevalence of mother kin. The Garos worship a number of minor deities and are animists. Hence all grave goods buried with the dead are broken, that they, too, may be dead and their ‘souls’ may serve the dead in the next world. The cult of the heavenly bodies, especially of the sun and moon, is practised. Periodically the sins of the community, which have accumulated throughout the year, are expelled by means of a scapegoat—an animal. The great sacrifice of the year takes place after the harvest, when the headman supplies all taking part with a pig and an abundance of liquor. The central figure is a ‘horse’ of straw borne by a man, which is the centre of the dance lasting all night. At the end of the ceremony the body of the horse is thrown into a stream and the head is preserved until next year. A meal is then taken by the side of the water. Mother-right prevails and the people are exogamous. The marriage ceremony is unusual, as it is the bridegroom who is captured. Polyandry is unknown; polygyny exists in theory but is rare.