912 PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



2. Existing intellectual evidences of generic gronps. 



(a) In vocabularies ; (b) dictionaries ; (c) grammars ; {d) plan of ut- 

 terance; (e) names of places. (Antique.) 



3. Physiology. 



(«) Skulls; (6) mummies; (c) osteological remains. 



4. Historical relations and tcorks. 



{a) Works ascribed to natives, as in Mexico ; (b) works by Europe- 

 ans; (c) missionary translations, &c., modern period; (d) authentic tra- 

 ditions of all ages and countries. (Recorded.) 



5. natural History. 



(a) Changes the earth and animated nature have undergone, as de- 

 noted by embedded bones; (b) what effects have taken place in the 

 superincumbent formations since the existence of mammalia; (c) how 

 deep in the geological column can the existence of man be traced; 

 {d) general reflex character of geology on the topic. 



6. Mythology, as a proof of mental affiliation in remote and barbarous 



races. 



In reference to all the objects, it is essential to compare the several 

 American nations one witn another, and with the leading nations of 

 other parts of the globe. In proceeding to explore the subject, the first 

 labor must be that of accumulating facts. Visits to the several objects 

 of antiquarian interest demanding attention, with proper instruments 

 for observation, are required. Field surveys of ruins, and drawings of 

 all important objects to be commented on, are essential. Care must 

 be taken to notice whether there be more than one era of occupancy, 

 or one type of nationality, denoted by the same locality. And with 

 the same view the different ages and relative position of the different 

 geological formations, embracing ruins, or objects of art, should be care- 

 fully noted. Fossil bones of extinct or ancient species of animals, and 

 beds or banks of shells of the Eocene or Pliocene deposits, furnish the 

 character of evidence denoting separate epochs of occujiiancy, and be- 

 come invested with new interest. Traces of organic life of the higher 

 species have been found deeper down in the geological column, in later 

 days, than were known to the elder geologists, and the vestiges of man 

 should be carefully sought in all the unconsolidated strata. We know 

 the globe has been disturbed since its creation and destruction, and we 

 should be prepared to find physical evidences of it. JSTot only architect- 



