696 REPORT— 1898. 



An Ethnological Surveij of Canada. — Second Report cf the Committee., 

 consistincj of Dr. G. M. Daavson (Chairman and Secretary), Pro- 

 fessor D. P. Penhallow (Vice-Chairman), Mr. E. W. Brabrook, 

 Professor A. C. Haddon. Mr. E. S. Hartland, Sir JoHX G. 

 BoURiNOT, Abbe CuoQ, Mr. B. Sulte, Abbe Taxguay, Mr. C. 

 Hill-Tout, Mr. David Boyle, Rev. Dr. Scadding, Rev. Dr. J. 

 Maclean. Dr. Meree Beauchemin, Rev. Dr. G. Patterson, 

 Mr. C. N. Bell, Hon. G. W. Ross, Professor J. Mayor, ami 

 Mr. A. F. Hunter. 



APPE2JDIX PAOR. 



I. Haida Stories and Beliefs. By C. Hill-Tout 700 



II. Customs a/id Habits of JUarliesi Settlers if Canada. By Benjamin Sulte 70!) 



At a meeting of the Committee held on August 20 last in Toronto 

 the resignation of the Chairman from that office was accepted, and Pro- 

 fessor Penhallow was nominated as Chairman ; but through a misunder- 

 standing this proposal was not brought before the General Committee. 

 Professor Penhallow has since consented to act as Vice-Chairman. 



Since the presentation of the hrst report of this Committee at the 

 Toronto meeting some progress has been made in the further organisation 

 of the work, and some results of interest have l^een obtained ; but the 

 field of work in Canada is so vast and so varied that it has thus far been 

 found possible only to attack limited problems where special opportunities 

 have occurred of enlisting competent observers. As pointed out in con- 

 nection with the first report, the investigation presents two main branches : 

 (1) That dealing with the white races, and (2) that dealing with the 

 aborigines or Indians. These, however, are not entirely distinct, for a 

 particularly interesting line of inquiry is that relating to the Metis or 

 ' half-breeds,' resulting from the intermixture of the whites and Indians. 

 Nothing has yet been accomplished in the last-named field of work, but it 

 is anticipated that some observers may soon be enlisted for it. 



The efforts of the Committee were to some extent handicapped in the 

 first year of its existence by the want of any fund to be employed in the 

 furtherance of its work ; but with the grant made by the Association at 

 its last meeting the definite organisation of this work became possible. 

 As a preliminary the Committee issued a general circular, together with 

 Schedules relating to phy.sical types. 



Copies of these have been distributed to each member of the Commit- 

 tee, while large numbers of Schedule B, with proportionate numbers of 

 Schedule A, have been placed in the hands of those who are undertaking 

 special work. So far the Committee has distributed about 700 copies 

 of these papers. The Schedules are, with slight modifications, the same 

 as those issued by the Committee for Great Britain, and have been adopted 

 tentatively until their actual use should indicate the special directions in 

 which changes are required. It was found almost immediately that 

 several alterations will be required in the future, the number of facial 

 types in particular being quite inadequate to the requirements of such, 

 studies on this continent. 



Three sets of anthropometric instruments have been purchased. These 

 have been distributed to Mr. Charles Hill-Tout, of Vancouver, who has 



