32 A NOTICE OF THE 



his industry, and of the kindness of his numerous friends in every 

 quarter of the globe. It was commenced in 1830, when Dr. Mor- 

 ton sought in vain to procure, in Philadelphia, a Malay or Mon- 

 golian skull. 



The collection now contains crania illustrative of 22 varieties 

 of the Caucasian race; two varieties of the Mongolian race; 13 

 of the Malay race ; 69 of the aboriginal American race ; 21 of 

 the negro race ; 8 of the mixed races ; besides skulls of lunatics, 

 and idiots of several races. For a more detailed account of this 

 collection, I beg leave to refer to Dr. Morton's catalogue, printed 

 November, 1849.* Since the publication of this catalogue, 51 

 human crania have been added to Dr. Morton's cabinet ; of these 

 24 were presented by Prof. Retzius ; 3 by Dr. Joseph Hopkinson, 

 U. S. Navy ; 2 by Mr. Amory Edwards ; 1 by Mr. Gliddon ; 1 

 by Dr. Kennedy ; 1 by Lieut. Steele, U. S. Navy ; and 1 by Mr. 

 W. A. Gliddon. 



* Catalogue of skulls of man and the inferior animals in the collection 

 of Samuel George Morton, M. D., &c. &c., Philadelphia, 1849. 



The principal donors named in the catalogue are Wm. A. Foster, Esq., 

 who contributed 135 ; Dr. J. K. Cisneros presented 53 ; Dr. Ruschenberger, 

 39 ; Win. A. Gliddon, Esq., 19 ; Professor Retzius, 17 ; M. Clot Bey, 15 ; Dr. 

 C. Hnffnagle, 13;' J. N. Nicollet, Esq., and Dr. Dornick, 12 each ; Dr. Jones, 

 Dr. Burrough, and Dr. S. M. E. Goheen, 11 each; J. J. Audubon, Esq., 

 10; Dr. J. K. Townsend, Dr. B. B. Brown, Dr. E. A. Abadie, U. S. Army, 

 and Dr. Mead, each 9 ; G. R. Gliddon, Esq., Dr. Usher Parsons, and Dr. S. 

 P. Hildreth, each 8 ; Dr. Joseph Smith, Don J. Gomez de la Cortina, and Dr. 

 H. S. Reynolds, U. S. Navy, each 7 ; J. A. Lapham, Esq., A. C. Harris, Esq., 

 Dr. S. J. Oakford, and Dr. Joseph Walker, U. S. Army, each 6 ; Dr. Joseph 

 Carson, Dr. James Mease, H. Piddington, Esq., Dr. Charles Nicholson, Dr. 

 M'Dowel, Dr. J.N. Casanova, Dr. Jos. Wilson, U.S. Navy, Dr. Edwin Fiessell, 

 Dr. Geo. Engleman, and Mr. John Watson, each 5 ; Dr. Z. Pitcher, U. S. 

 Army, Dr. C. Pickering, Dr. Geo. C. Leib, and Dr. R. S. Holmes, U. S. Army, 

 4 each ; Dr. P. B. Goddard, Dr. J. W. Russell, Dr. Hardy, Dr. E. H. Davis, 

 with Mr. Squier, Mr. I. G. Strain, U. S. Navy, Lieut. Meigs, U. S. Army ; 

 Dr. P. Gregg, Ex-President Vargas, and Mr. 0. S. Fowler, each 3 ; Dr. J 

 K. Mitchell, Wm. Cobb Hurry, Esq., Dr. Le Beau, Dr. Waters Smith, U. S. 

 Navy ; Dr. F. Turnpenny, Dr. Paul Swift, Dr. John Houstoun, M. Fresnel, 

 Dr. A. Wi.sli/.euus, J>r. Wm. M. Wood, U. S. Navy, Capt. Fremont, Dr. Lip- 

 pincott, Dr. J. Macartney, Dr. Thus. Page, Dr. J. Andrews, l>r. Martin, 

 U. S. Army, and CoL^J^J. Abert, U. S. Army, each 2. There are also named 

 67 gentlemen who each contributed one cranium to this truly valuable col- 

 lection, which has been formed at the price of twenty years' persistent 

 labor, and an expenditure of considerable money ; for even donations were 

 seldom free of charges for freight, &c. &c. 



