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on historical events and of traditions. In these the peculiar customs 

 and character of a people always appear very clearly, and the facts 

 mentioned in these tales form a valuable starting-point for the observa- 

 tion of customs which would else remain unnoticed. Among tribes who 

 have partly yielded to the influence of the contact with whites they 

 afford a valnble clue to their former customs. 



The chapter on ' Arts and Knowledge ' has not been treated fully, as 

 the general character of North-West American art is well known, and, in 

 order to give a complete account of the conventionalism of the works of 

 art of these tribes, an exhaustive study is necessary, which the writer has 

 been so far unable to undertake. 



The author's researches do not include the Tinneh tribes, some of 

 which are comparatively well known. The Salish languages are merely 

 enumerated, as investigations on this interesting stock are being carried 

 on, and the material in its present shape would require an early revision. 



The present report is supplemented by the following papers by the 

 author : — 



'Zur Ethnologie von Britisch-Columbien.' Petermann's Mittheilungen, 



1887. No 5, with map. 



' Mittheilungen iiber die Bilqula Indianer.' Original Mittheilungen 

 aus dem Museum fiir Volkerkundcj Berlin, pp. 177-182, with two plates. 



' Die Sprache der Bilqula.' Verh. anthrop. Ges. Berlin, 1886, pp. 

 202-206. 



' Census and Reservations of the Kwakiutl.' Bull. Am. Geogr. Soc. 

 Sept. 1887. 



' On Certain Songs and Dances of the Kwakiutl.' Journ. Am. Folk- 

 Lore, 1888, pp. 49-64. 



' Chinook Songs.' Journ. Am. Folk-Lore, 1888, pp. 220-226. 



' Die Tsimscbian.' Ztschr. fiir Ethnologie, Berlin, 1888, pp. 231-247. 



' The Houses of the Kwakiutl Indians.' Proc. U.S. National Museum, 



1888, pp. 197-213. 



* Notes on the Snanaimuq.' Am. Anthropologist, "Washington, 1889, 

 pp. 321-328. 



' The Indians of British Columbia.' Trans. Roy. Soc. of Canada, 

 1888, Sec. II. pp. 47-57. 



' Die Mythologie der nordwestamerikanischen Kiistenstamme.' Globus, 

 Braunschweig, 1887-88. 



The following alphabet has been used in the report : — 



The vowels have their continental sounds, namely: a, aa in father; 

 e, like a in mate ; i, as in machine ; o, as in note ; u, as in rule. 



In addition the following are used : a, o, as in German ; d^aw in 

 law; £=e in flower (Lepsius's e). 



Among the consonants the following additional letters have been 

 used : g-, a very guttural g, similar to gr ; k', a very guttural k, similar 

 to kr ; q, the German ch in hach ; h, the German ch in ich ; G, be- 

 tween q and H; c=sh in shore; q, as t?i in thin; tl, an explosive I; 

 dl, a palatal Z, pronounced with the back of the tongue (dorso-apical). 



Character of the Country. 



The north-west coast of America, from Juan de Fuca Strait to Cross 

 Sound in Alaska, is characterised by its fiords, sounds, and islands, which 

 make it very favourable for navigation in canoes and other small craft. 



