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observations throw great light on questions of race, heredity, 

 &c. 



Though the British Association Committee has made its 

 final report, the work it has commenced may still be pursued. 

 Its collections are now in the possession of the Anthropolo- 

 gical Institute, and may be augmented or further investigated 

 by any member of that body, or other person interested in 

 the subject. It is because we, as a Natural History Society, 

 cannot think any inquiry into the natural history of man 

 foreign to our purposes, that he ventured to bring this 

 matter forward. He was frequently in receipt of communica- 

 tions of fresh information from various parts of the country 

 which lead to suggestions of new points for enquiry, and he 

 felt quite sure that the matter ought not to be, and would 

 not be, allowed to drop. 



