LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, 



Washington, D. C, July 1, 1893. 

 Sir: I have the honor to submit my Fourteenth Annual 

 Report as Director of the Bureau of Ethnology. 



The preliminary portion comprises an exposition of the 

 operations of the Bureau during the fiscal year; the remainder 

 consists of a series of memoirs on anthropologic subjects, pre- 

 pared by assistants, which illustrate the methods and results of 

 the work of the Bureau. 



Allow me to express my appreciation of your constant aid 

 and your wise counsel relating to the work under my charge. 

 I am, with respect, your obedient servant, 



Director 



Honorable S. P. Langley, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



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