48 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 03 
of the ancient Peruvians of the mountains with those of the coast, 
and to extend the investigations which Dr. Hrdlicka has carried on 
for many years, regarding Indian and especially pre-Columbian 
pathology. 
The expedition was a very strenuous one, but proved remarkably 
successful. Over 100 ancient cemeteries and many ruins, a large 
lic. 48.—The picturesque town of Huarochiri, in the western Cordillera of 
central Peru. Photograph by Hrdlicka. 
percentage of which were previously unknown to science, were ex- 
amined and over 30 boxes of skulls and other material for future 
study were collected for the U. S. National Museum and the Museum 
at oan Diego, 
Dr. Hrdli¢ka reports that skeletal material, which formerly 
abounded in Peru and is essential to scientific research, is fast dis- 
appearing, and in a few years can not be gathered without the ex- 
penditure of much time and money. 
