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in photographs show a resemblance to the 

 figures seen in the bas reliefs of Santa 

 Lucia, Cozumahualpa, Guatemala. These 

 sculptures are found in the same region 

 where many of the stone yokes have been 

 discovered, and probably have some rela- 

 tionship with those enigmatical objects. 



This paper was illustrated by photo- 

 graphs and a very artistic sculpture loaned 

 for the purpose by Dr. W. J. Holland, 

 Director of the Carnegie Museum. It was 

 discussed by J. D. McGuire, Walter Hough, 

 William H. Holmes and J. Walter Fewkes. 



The Possible Origin, of the Folk-Lore about 

 Various Animals: H. A. Surface. 

 This paper was read by title. 



The Place of Anthropology among the 

 Sciences: W J McGee. 



Anthropological Museums and Museum 



Economy: Stewart Culin. 



The modern science of anthropology is at 

 once the youngest and the most complex of 

 the sciences— indeed, it is in large measure 

 the outgrowth of all the older branches of 

 definite knowledge. The keynote of astron- 

 orny, the earliest of the sciences, may be 

 said to be gravity, while that of chemistry, 

 the next oldest science, may be defined as 

 affinity; yet since chemical relations are at 

 least indirectly controlled by gravity, the 

 basis of the later science is really gravity 

 -|- affinity. So, too, the keynote of botany, or 

 phytology, is vitality, yet this property of 

 plat-matter is but superadded to the grav- 

 ity and the gravity+affinity with which the 

 two older sciences are concerned. In the 

 realm of zoology, motility, or the power of 

 self-movement, is added in turn ; and in an- 

 thropology, mentality, in all its bearings on 

 conscious self -activity, becomes the keynote 

 — yet this distinctive property is only 

 added to the motility, vitality, afSnity and 

 gravity to which the leading older sciences 

 are especially devoted. 



Classification and Arrangement of the Col- 

 lections of an Anthropological Museum: 

 William H. Holmes. 

 This paper in a more developed form is to 

 be published in the ' Anliual Report of the 

 U. S. National Museum, ' for 1901. 



Methods of Collecting Anthropological Ma- 

 terial: Harlan I. Smith. 

 This paper stated that there are three 

 methods of collecting anthropological ma- 

 terial, namely, the research method, the 

 synoptic method and the casual method. 

 It concluded that for economy, efficiency 

 and accuracy in diffusing knowledge, the 

 synoptic method of collecting should be re- 

 placed by exchange, and that the research 

 method is of the highest type, furnishing all 

 the material results produced by the other 

 methods. 



The paper is to be published in the Wis- 

 consin Archeologist, Vol. 1, No. 4, May, 

 1901. 



The Preservation of Museum Specimens: 



Walter Hough. 



It is the province of the museum worker 

 to check insects as far as possible, and to 

 his aid come chemistry and entomology. 

 The subject is vital, not only to the mu- 

 seums, but to a vast number of people. 



The wonderful advance of chemistry has 

 given us a number of substances useful for 

 the deterring or extermination of moths. 

 Some of these are disagreeable and danger- 

 ous, unsuitable for domestic use, though 

 available for the Museum. 



The methods of poisoning specimens 

 practiced in the National Museum suggest 

 that a portion of the process may be em- 

 ployed for domestic use. This may be done 

 by securing an air-tight box — a packing- 

 box lined with manila or grocer's paper an- 

 swers — placing the fabrics or objects there- 

 in, and after pouring in gasoline liberally, 

 closing the lid tightly, and leaving it for a 

 dav or so. It has been found that woolens. 



