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sometimes be successfully ascertained by reference to known events, as the 
previous visits of Europeans to the country. Is there a marked difference 
between the sexes in respect of longevity ? 
54. What is the general treatment of the sick? Are they cared for, or 
neglected? Are any diseases dreaded as contagious, and how are such 
treated? Is there any medical treatment adopted? Are there any super- 
stitious or magical practices connected with the treatment of the sick? What 
are the most prevailing forms of disease, whence derived, and to what extent ? 
Is there any endemic affection, such as goitre, pelagra, plica, or the like? 
With what circumstances, situations, and habits do they appear to be con- 
nected, and to what are they referred by the people themselves ? 
55. Where there are inferior animals associated with man, do they exhibit 
any corresponding liability to, or exemption from disease ? 
56. Do entozoa prevail, and of what kind? 
57. What is the method adopted for the disposal of the dead? Is it 
generally adhered to, or subject to variation ? 
58. Are any implements, articles of clothing, or food, deposited with the 
dead ? : 
59. Is there any subsequent visitation of the dead, whether they are 
disposed of separately, or in conjunction with other bodies ? 
60. What is the received idea respecting a future state? Does this bear 
the character of transmigration, invisible existence about their accustomed 
haunts, or removal to a distant abode ? 
Buildings and Monuments. 
61. What are the kinds of habitations in use among the people? Are 
they permanent or fixed? Do they consist of a single apartment, or of 
several? Are the dwellings collected into villages or towns, or are they 
scattered, and nearly or quite single? If the former, describe any arrange- 
ment of them in streets or otherwise which may be employed. 
62. Have any monuments been raised by the present inhabitants or their 
predecessors, and more especially such as relate to religion or war? State 
their character, materials, and construction. If they are still in use amongst 
the people, state this object, even if they should be of the simplest construction, 
and be little more than mounds or tumuli. If these monuments are no longer 
in use, collect, as far as possible, the ideas and traditions of the natives re- 
garding them, and, if possible, have them examined by excavation or other- 
wise, taking care to deface and disturb them as little as possible. 
63. In these researches be on the look out for the remains of the skeletons 
of man or other animals ; and, if discovered, let them be preserved for com- 
parison with those still in existence. 
Works of Art. 
64. Let works of art, in metal, bone, or other materials, be likewise sought 
and preserved, and their similarity to, or difference from implements at 
present in use amongst the people of the district, or elsewhere, be noted. 
Have they any kind of commerce or exchange of commodities with the people 
of other tribes or countries, civilized or uncivilized ? and, if so, what are the 
articles which they give and which they take in exchange? Is this trade or 
barter in continued or irregular operation, or periodical by means of fairs, 
stated journeys to or visits from other people ? 
65. Name the people and channels of this trade. 
66. Is it of long standing, or recent ? 
67. Has it undergone changes, when and how? 
