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numbered. The number, together with a description and history 

 of the specimen, a carefully made pen-and-ink drawing, and refer- 

 ences to literature, are all entered upon a large card. These cards 

 are afterward arranged and cared for as usual in card catalogues. 

 We can hardly refer even to some of the more interesting speci- 

 mens. Magnificent series from the South seas, from Australia, 

 and New Guinea are here. Many objects are of especial interest 

 as having been collected in Captain Cook's voyages. These are 

 not simply interesting as mementoes of the great traveler, but 

 because they present us results of the native industries unaffected 

 by white contact. It is curious to notice how widely scattered 

 Cook's specimens are. Many are here at London, others are at 

 Berlin, Bern, Florence, Leyden, Oxford, and A ustralia ! Of Ameri- 

 can objects the British Museum has some of extraordinary in- 

 terest : seven of the Mexi- 

 can mosaics ; choice things 

 from Peru ; a good Central 

 American and Antillean 

 series, and a fine lot of old 

 Eskimo objects. The an- 

 thropological material at 

 the Royal College of Sur- 

 geons is extensive and very 

 valuable. 



In one of the buildings 

 of the South Kensington 

 Museum is Mr. Francis 

 Galton's anthropometric 

 laboratory. Mr. Gait on is 

 President of the British 

 Anthropological Society, 

 and the author of vari- 

 ous important works upon 

 Heredity, African Peoples, 

 and Human Faculty. He 

 is extremely ingenious in 

 devising apparatus and experiments for determining the degree 

 of development of various faculties. In this laboratory any vis- 

 itor may be examined and measured free of charge. The exam- 

 ination includes, besides the regular anthropological measure- 

 ments, tests of ej^esight, hearing, color-sense, quickness of muscu- 

 lar blow, etc. The results of the examination are fully recorded 

 on blanks prepared for the purpose, a copy of the record being 

 given to the subject. Many thousands of persons have been 

 measured in this laboratory, and the public has thus been made 

 acquainted with the subject of anthropometry. Mr. Galton is 



Prof. E. B. Tyi.or. 



