348 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OP [1884. 



REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF ETHNOLOGY AND 

 ARCHEOLOGY. 



A short course of lectures on some points in general ethnology 

 was delivered by me, immediately after my appointment as 

 professor in April last. The subjects were : — 



Prehistoric Man in America. 



The Origin of the Arj'^an Nations. 



The Progress of American Linguistics. 



The Civilization of Ancient Mexico and Peru. 



These lectures were public and were reasonably well attended. 



After the organization of the Bureau of Scientific Information 

 had been established, I forwarded a circular to a considerable 

 number of persons interested in my branch, in different parts of 

 the United States, announcing both the professorship and the 

 Bureau, and asking them to favor the Academy with such speci- 

 mens and information as would be of advantage to instruction 

 in this department. A number of promises to do so have been 

 received. 



There has been but small increase in the collections in my 

 department since I took charge of it. The arrangement of the 

 cabinet leaves much to be desired, but I see no remedy for this, 

 unless considerably more space were at my disposal, and I am 

 well aware that the Academy is unable at present to supply this. 

 I can obtain " for deposit " with the Academy, several very fine 

 local collections of antiquities, were suflEicient space for their 

 proper display, and the usual guarantees of conservation, offered 

 their owners. 



Very respectfully, 



D. G. Brinton, M. D., 

 Professor of Ethnology and Archaeology. 



