448 REPORT—1840. 
£5 to be expended in printing a set of queries to be addressed 
to those who may travel or reside in parts of the globe inhabited 
by the threatened races. A Committee was likewise appointed 
by the same Section to prepare a list of such questions. The 
following pages, to which the attention of travellers and others 
js earnestly invited, have, in consequence, been produced. It is 
right to observe, that whilst these questions have been in pre- 
paration, the Ethnographical Society of Paris has printed a set 
of questions on the same subject for the use of travellers. It has 
been gratifying to perceive the general similarity between the 
questions proposed by the French savans who compose that So- 
ciety, and those which had been already prepared by the Com- 
mittee; but the Committee is bound to acknowledge the assist- 
ance which, in the completion of its task, it has derived from 
the comprehensive character and general arrangement of the 
Ethnographical Society’s list. The following queries might 
have been considerably extended, and much might have been 
added to explain the reasons and motives on which some of 
them are founded. Such additions would, however, have in- 
conveniently extended these pages, and, in part, have defeated 
their object. The Committee has only further to express its 
desire that the Association may continue its support to the in- 
teresting subject of Ethnography, and that their fellow-mem- 
bers will aid in bringing these queries under the notice of those 
who may have it in their power to obtain replies. Britain, in 
her extensive colonial possessions and commerce, and in the 
number and intelligence of her naval officers, possesses unrivalled 
facilities for the elucidation of the whole subject ; and it would 
be a stain on her character, as well as a loss to humanity, were 
she to allow herself to be left behind by other nations in this 
inquiry. 
It will be desirable, before giving direct answers to the ques- 
tions proposed in the following list, that the traveller should 
offer, in his own terms, a description of the particular group of 
human beings, which he may have in view in drawing up his» 
list of answers, seeing that the replies, however accurate and 
replete with useful information, may fail in some particulars to 
give a complete idea of the people to whom they relate. 
Physical Characters. 
1. State the general stature of the people, and confirm this 
by some actual measurements. Measurement may be applied 
to absolute height, and also to proportions, to be referred to in 
subsequent queries. The weight of individuals, when ascer- 
tainable, and extreme cases, as well as the average, will be in- 
