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of the races, the other concerning the phys- 

 ical constitution of the races themselves. 



With reference to the first it would be de- 

 sirable to collect articles of clothing and orna- 

 ments of all the races of men, their imple- 

 ments, tools, weapons, and such models or 

 drawings of their dwellings as may give an 

 idea of their construction ; small canoes and 

 oars as models of their vessels, or indications 

 of their progress in navigation ; in one word, 

 everything that relates to their avocations, 

 their pursuits, their habits, their mode of wor- 

 ship, and whatever may indicate the dawn or 

 progress of the arts among them. As to ar- 

 ticles of clothing, it would be preferable to 

 select such specimens as have actually been 

 worn or even cast off, rather than new things 

 which may be more or less fanciful and not 

 indicate the real natural condition and habits 

 of a race. 



With regard to the collections intended to 

 illustrate the physical constitution of the races 

 it is more difficult to obtain instructive speci- 

 mens, as the savage races are generally in- 

 clined to hold sacred all that relates to their 

 dead ; yet whenever an opportunity is afforded 

 to obtain skulls of the natives of different 

 parts of the world, it should be industriously 

 improved, and good care taken to mark the 



