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to get a common standai'd of size, a very convenient one being 

 one-seventh of the natural size. The amateur photographer would 

 find a wide field of action in representing physical characteristics. 

 Another subject was that of the ancient monuments and general 

 archaeology of a district. Other branches of the investigation 

 were the collection of folklore and the noting of local names and 

 dialects. 



Mr. Hartland, the Secretary of the Ethnographical Survey 

 Committee, said that it would greatly help his Committee if each 

 of the Corresponding Societies would take up one or more branches 

 of the inquiry, for it was not necessary that all branches should 

 be taken up everywhere. He would be happy to send to any 

 Corresponding Society all the information required as to the nature 

 of the work and the way in which the Committee wished it to be 

 carried on. 



It is the desire of this Committee to record for various places 

 in the United Kingdom, especially out-of-the-way villages, of which 

 we have several in Hertfordshire, the following ethnographical 

 features : — 



(1) Physical types of the inhabitants. 



(2) Current traditions and beliefs. 



(3) Peculiarities of dialect. 



(4) Monuments and other remains of ancient culture. 



(5) Historical evidence as to continuity of race. 



For the first and third branches of this inquiry certain books 

 are required, and for the first also an instrument for physical 

 measurements. The second relates to the collection of folidore, 

 which may easily be undertaken by anyone. Every item of 

 folklore should be collected — customs, games, traditions, sayings 

 of the people, and superstitions connected with special days, 

 marriages, births, deaths, cultivation of the land, or other events. 

 If a custom or tradition relates to a particular place or object, 

 such as a curious natural feature of the district, or an ancient 

 monument or camp, some information should be given about such 

 place or object. Any superstitions which are believed at one 

 place and disbelieved at another, or the opposite believed, should 

 be most carefully noted. The name, occupation, and approximate 

 age of the person from whom the information is obtained should 

 in all cases be carefully recorded. 



The fourth branch of the inquirj- is one which is peculiarly 

 suitable for investigation by our Societj', for we have in Hertford- 

 sliire many *' monuments and other remains of ancient culture." 

 It is required to plot on a map, describe, furnish photographs or 

 sketches, and state the measurements and names (if any) of these 

 according to the following classification: — 



Drift implements. Caves and their contents. 



Stone circles. Monoliths. Lake dwellings. 



Camps. Enclosures. Collections of hut circles. 



Cromlechs. Cairns. Sepulchral chambers. 



Earrows, describing the form and stating which have been opened. 



