the Cossack brigade was to induce doubting ministers to the governor similar to Elephas primi- genius and Rhinoceros tichorhinus of Europe. In varying forms this device ensures that the dupli- cation of the United States to “ the complete sterilisation of certain words, the mean-velocity %, 3 and 4 (1918); ‘‘ Conservatism and Plasticity,” Folk-Lore, pp. 259-290 (1913). (9) E. Sapir, Language, p. 82 (1921).