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undoubtedly result in the collection of much exceedingly valuable 

 information. 



The condition of an isolated tribe, deprived of the use of wood or 

 metals, and dependent entirely upon bone and stone for the con- 

 struction of all implements and utensils, is also a subject of study 

 with reference to the condition of mankind in the stone age of the 

 world ; and a careful comparison of the former, as reported by 

 explorers, with the latter, as deduced from the contents of tumuli 

 and caves, will probably be of great importance in the advancement 

 of the science of man. 



For the above reasons there cannot be a doubt that the despatch 

 of an expedition to discover the northern shores of Greenland would 

 lead to the collection of many important facts, and to the elucidation 

 of deeply interesting questions connected with anthropology. 



APPENDIX. 



QUESTIONS FOE EXPLOEERS. 



(With Special Beference to Arctic Exploration.) 



1. General. By J. Barnard Davis, m.d., f.r.s. 



1. Names of Tribes, indicating their divisions, and at the same 

 time marking any peculiarities of any kind which distinguish them. 

 This will embrace Tribal marks. 



2. Stature of Men and Women. — For this purpose the traveller 

 should be provided with a measuring-tape or other instrument. 

 Measure twenty-five of each, if he can. 



3. Colours of Skin, Eyes, and Hair. — These are easily determined 

 by Broca's Tables. 



4. Hair, Texture of and Mode of Wearing. — Specimen locks, tied 

 up separately and accurately labelled, if possible. 



5. Deformations carefully observed and accurately described. 

 Those of the heads of infants impressed in nursing, if any ; tin >se 

 of the teeth produced by chipping, filing, &c. ; those of the skin 

 done by tattooing, incisions, scars, wheals, &c, correctly described. 



6. Crania diligently collected. These should always be procured 

 as perfect as possible, never leaving anything behind, particularly 



t;. Enquiries relating to the Physical Characteristics of the Eskimo, by Dr. 

 J. Beddoe. 



7. Further Ethnological Enquiries, by Professor W. Turner. 



8. Instructions suggested by Captain Bedford Pirn, h.n. 



