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Dwellings. — Are these pcrnianciit or niovaMe ; of what materials 

 are they constructed, and how ? Are they entirely above or partially 

 under ground; what is their interior arrangement? Drawings of 

 both exteriors and interiors should be made, so as to give an accurate 

 idea of their peculiarities. On whom docs the labor of construction fall, 

 the men or the women; and in case of migration, is the entire struc- 

 ture removed, or only the outside covering? When a number of 

 dwellings are placed near each other, as when a tribe encamp together 

 on a spot, is any regular mode of arrangement observed ? Have they 

 any buildings set apart for public purposes, as business, amusement, or 

 worship ; and how are they constructed ? 



Arts. — An exceedingly interesting branch of inquiry, and one too 

 often overlooked or but imperfectly attended to by travellers, is pre 

 sented to us in the primitive industrial arts of the aborigines. Of what 

 materials is the pottery composed ; is any of it turned on a wheel ; 

 how are the materials compounded ; is the ware burned completely or 

 partially ; is it glazed or not ? How is it ornamented ? Have they 

 any utensils of stone; and if so, what is the material? Of what ma- 

 terials are their arrow and spear heads manufactured, and what is the 

 process ? Are there individuals whose business it is to make them ? 

 Do they make any articles of metal ; and if so, of what metals, and 

 what is their mode of working them ? How and by what means do 

 they produce fire ? Their modes of spinning, weaving, and dyeing, 

 and the materials and implements used, are of great interest. What 

 are their modes of trapping animals and taking fish ; and how are 

 their implements for these purposes constructed ? Do they still retain 

 the bow and arrow, or have they wholly or partially abandoned them 

 for the use of firearms ? The construction and mode of using all their 

 implements should be described, and complete collections made of 

 them. Their performaiices, too, in the way of what may be called the 

 fine arts, merit attention ; such as their drawings and paintings on 

 smooth rocks or the barks of trees, or their vessels, their dwellings, 

 etc. ; and their carvings in Avood and stone, as on pipe-bowls, paddles, 

 bows, etc., etc. If native melodies should be discovered among them, 

 they should by all means be noted down, together with the words sung 

 with them. 



Trade. — Do they carry on any traffic with each other, or with the 

 whites ? If so, of what articles does it consist, and how is it conduct-, 

 ed ? Have they any common standard of value which approaches the 

 nature of money ? 



Religion. — What is the nature of their religions belief, as far as it 



