INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRAVELLERS, ETHNOLOGISTS, ETC. 483 



In general rather than for the use of travellers in any one quarter of the 

 globe. I have therefore defrayed the cost of printing at my own expense, 

 and the amount has been made up to me by copies purchased by the Geo- 

 graphical Society, the Anthropological Institute, and bj^ Mr. Franks. This 

 volume, therefore, although issued under the auspices and with the approval 

 of the Committee, will not be charged to the Association. 



The Committee for drawing up " General Instructions for Travellers " met 

 on the 21st of N^ovember, 1872, when the following resolutions were passed : — • 



1. That the work to be published by the Committee shall consist ot 

 numbered sections, each section being prefaced by a few lines of explanatory 

 notes and followed by questions. 



2. That the notes and questions shall be expressed as briefly as possible. 



3. That the Secretary be requested to draw up the headings of about 100 

 sections, and submit them to the Committee at their next meeting. 



4. That the Secretary be requested to draw up a specimen section or 

 sections upon half margin, and circulate them amongst the Members of the 

 Committee for their remarks previously to the next meeting of the Com- 

 mittee. , , ., ... 



5. Tliat the title of the work shall be " Notes and Queries on Anthropology 

 for the use of Travellers and Residents in uncivilized lands." 



6. That M. Broca's chromatic tables bo adopted ; and that Dr. Beddoe be 

 requested to communicate with him for the purpose of ascertaining in what 

 manner they can be most economically reproduced in this country. 



Acting upon these resolutions I drew up a list of 100 sections, which, 

 having been circulated amongst the members for their remarks, have been 

 printed in their approved form and are herewith annexed, together with the 

 names of some of the authors to whom the sections have been submitted for • 

 detailed questions. Two specimen sections have also been circulated, and 

 have been approved by the Committee. 



Owing to the large number of contributors there has been some delay in 

 collecting the contributions of the several authors. The sections have, 

 however, now been completed continuously up to No. XLII., and some of 

 the later ones have also been received ; these sections arc now in manuscript 

 ready for printing. The sections have been divided into three parts, — 

 Part I. relating to the Constitution of Man, Part II. to Culture, and Part 

 III. to Miscellaneous Questions relating to Anthropology. The List of Sec- 

 tions will form an index to the volunre ; and for convenience of reference 

 the sections have been numbered in Koman figures, the questions in italics. 

 Each section has been submitted to some writer who is known to have 

 devoted his special attention to the siibject referred to him, and, as far as 

 possible, the best known authorities have been selected. 



The cost of printing the part already in type amcmnts to ^'3 ; that of 

 the MS. already in hand has been estimated at ^10. 



The probable cost of the whole work, including illustrations and the chro- 

 matic tables, will be about <£oO. 



Viewing the importance of the contributions already received and the scien- 

 tific status of the contributors, and considering that the work is exhaustive . 

 of its subject and calculated to suffice for the use of travellers for some time, 

 to come, I would suggest, on- behalf of -the Committee, that the grant o* 

 .£25 voted at the last Meeting be renewed, and .£25 added to complete the 

 work. The volume may then be jiublished wiHiont delay. 



It may be estimated that the sale of copica will cover a portion of the 

 expenses, 



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