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traversed the islands of the Pacifie, and we 
find men competent to observe and collect 
reptiles and birds and fishes and mammals, 
to study botany and geology, but how often 
is anthropology represented? Surely no 
one doubts that previous training is just as 
essential in the one case as in the others. 
But there is already an attempt in some 
countries to remedy this. In London, 
Paris and Berlin one can receive instruc- 
tion from competent teachers as to the best 
methods of recording and observing, as well 
as a knowledge of what is best to observe 
and record. As a result of this, a wide- 
spread interest is being manifested in an- 
thropological matters by army and naval 
officers, as well as by the civilians of the 
Huropean countries, and there is growing 
up in each of the great Continental cities 
storehouses of information about the peoples 
of the different parts of the world. Not 
only that, but the universities are awaken- 
ing to the importance of the study of man. 
As a sign of the times, we may read in one 
of the February numbers of Nature: ‘Dr. 
A. C. Haddon is this term giving two well- 
attended classes (one elementary and one 
advanced) in physical anthropology at the 
Anatomy School.”” And what is true of 
Cambridge is true to a greater or less ex- 
tent of fifteen other European universities. 
In America, while general instruction in 
anthropology has for number of years been 
given in several universities, a special 
course in physical anthropology is offered 
by Dr. Boas in Columbia for the first time 
this year, and in the University of Chicago 
courses covering the entire field of physical 
anthropology have been given by Professor 
Starr since its foundation. 
(e.) Physical Anthropology in Relation to Mu- 
seum Exhibition. 
Up to the present time there is no museum 
or section of museum which adequately or 
worthily represents the subject of physical 
SCIENCE. 
[N. 8. Vou. VI. No. 134. 
anthropology. There are museums of zool- 
ogy, of botany, of geology and of anatomy, 
but no museum which shows the races of 
men as they should or might be shown. 
Obviously, it will be beyond the limit of our 
time to treat, with any degree of fullness, of 
the possibilities of a museum of physical 
anthropology, but we can at least attempt 
to lay down the general lines on which a 
museum should be built, and which ought 
to be possible of accomplishment. 
The ideal museum of physical anthropol- 
ogy then will have at least three sections or 
divisions. In the first should be shown the 
instruments and apparatus which are used 
for making and recording the various ob- 
servations which are taken both on the liy- 
ing subject and on the cadaver or skeleton. 
By the use of charts and diagrams the 
methods of tabulating and recording these 
observations may be shown. ‘There ought, 
furthermore, to be in this section a room or 
rooms in which an individual who applies 
can be measured or tested according to the 
accepted standards of anthropometry and 
psychometry. Such facilities would serve 
a twofold purpose. To the subject they 
tend to awaken an interest in himself and 
may be useful in indicating physical and 
psychical defects or weaknesses which may 
be easily remedied. From personal interest 
in the subject to a broader and more thor- 
ough understanding of the aims and meth- 
ods of anthropology, is a matter of easier 
accomplishment after the individual has 
had even this slight introduction to the 
science. On the other hand, these observa- 
tions on the living subject, when made in 
sufficient quantities, enable the observer to 
draw valuable deductions in regard to vital 
phenomena, such as the laws of growth, 
sexual differences, the influence of nation- 
ality, of climate, of nourishment and of oc- 
cupation, together with the effect of all 
these on stature, on lung capacity, on 
strength, on mental activities, ete. Much 
