EPETIER OP STRANS MITEAL: 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 
Bureau or ETHNOLOGY, 
Washington, D. C., October 1, 1887. 
Str: I have the honor to submit my Eighth Annual Report 
as Director of the Bureau of Ethnology. 
The first part presents an explanation of the plan and oper- 
ations of the Bureau ; the second consists of a series of papers 
on anthropologic subjects, prepared by my assistants to illus- 
trate the methods and results of the work of the Bureau. 
I desire to express my thanks for your earnest support and 
your wise counsel relating to the work under my charge. 
I am, with respect, your obedient servant, 
Prof. S. P. Laneiey, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
