wiiAi IS AN rnu«>r<>i.t)(i^- ■/ 3;") 



The rcconliu.u of spci'di. also, ha^ had its i>ocuHar and 

 iutoresting course of life. IJcginninji with more tally sticks, 

 hunting and ganihling scores, and such mneniotcchnic de- 

 vices, the student may carefully thread his way through 

 rock-carving and jticture writings to hieroglyphics. The 

 abbreviation of hieroglyphic symbols to words and syllables, 

 and even to sound symbols took j)lace very slowly, but the 

 process may be traced in the older and later Egyi)tian and 

 Chaldean writings. The art of jirinting is the last .stage in 

 the journey of grajdnc repre.-;entation. The .•^tudy of Indian 

 jjictographs, as well as the .sculptures of Mexico and Central 

 America, promises to furnish some very impoitant chapters 

 in the history of linguistics. 



\\\. — Technology. 



The portion of my subject in which most of my hearers 

 are interested, however, is the evolution or the elaboration 

 of industries, or comi)arative technology. As archaeology 

 reveals the progress of invention in time, so technology re- 

 veals the diffusion of the grades of culture over the earth. 

 The two are twin sisters of the operative or material side of 

 anthropology. You cannot imagine the smile of satisfac- 

 tion which stole over the face of a Patent Office friend 

 when convinced that .<ome of the most important materials 

 of anthropology passed through his hands every day. He 

 exclaimed, '" I an anthropologist ! I thought I was only an 

 examiner. I am going to write a paper on anthropology." 

 There is not a phase of civilization that has not had its 

 tools, its edifices, its paraphernalia. There is not a tool, or 

 building, or garment, that has not pas.sed through a series 

 of transformations most interesting to trace. These objects 

 may l)e looked upon as species in natural history. They 

 cross an«l interlace so as to form the gorgeous taj)estry of 

 human culture. 



To my lady iViends 1 would say this .subject is of thrill- 

 ing interest. There is not a thing that you wear, or eat, 

 or enjoy, that has n&t come down to you through a wonder- 

 ful experience. Tlie worship <>\' the beautiful did not origi- 



