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African negro; Polynesian and Malay; Japanese, Chinese, and Cam- 

 bodian; Hamite, Semite, and Aryan; and, according- to some ethnol- 

 ogists, a still older stream of Caucasian; finally, since uninterrupted 

 commerce went on between the Philippines, Mexico, and Peru for two 

 hundred j^ears, there is not lacking evidence of a small ^ill of American 

 Indian blood. The following-named classes of observations and speci- 

 mens are especially desirable: 



1. Observations on the Living. — Concerning color in the skin, 

 hair, and eyes; amount and qualit}" of the hair (whether tufted, woolly, 

 straight, or wavy); form of the head, hands, feet, and other parts; 

 deformations and mutilations; stature and other measurements, cspe- 

 ciallv upon the head; in general, such outward marks as strike the 

 observant traveler as peculiar to any group having a name of its own. 

 To these observations should be added specimens of hair from various 

 tribes, scrupulous care being taken to procure them from persons of 

 unmixed blood. A\\ of this is with reference to untangling the snarl 

 of races in the Philippine archipelago. 



2. Anatomical Collections. — These consist of crania, pelves, long 

 bones, whole skeletons, abnormal bones, results of rude surgeiy, tre- 

 phining, head flattening, or deformations due to design or to unde- 

 signed custom. Crania from caves are particularlv desired at this time 

 with reference to questions concerning the prehistoric inhabitants of 

 the islands. Special instructions will be furnished to medical prac- 

 titioners and others who wish to devote themselves to anthropometry 

 in an}^ of its branches. 



3. Physiological Processes. — Including vital processes in health 

 and disease, and physiological psychology. The former has reference 

 to race adaptability to climate, immunitj^ from disease, and all such 

 idiosyncrasies as will be useful in colonization. An excellent oppor- 

 tunit}^ is here afforded of studying the relations of a tropical climate 

 to the races. Physiological psj^chology has reference to accurate 

 measurement of the time and momentum of vital processes with refer- 

 ence to the nervous system. It studies the relation between sensa- 

 tion, perception, feeling, action, thought, etc., and the anatomy and 

 phj^siology of the body. (Consult Cattell and Farrand, "Physical 

 and mental measurements of the students of Columbia University," 

 Psychol. Review, New York, III, 1896, pages 618-648.) 



B.— ETHNOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. 



Before enumerating in detail the objects and information sought, a 

 few words of explanation will be helpful. 



((/) Inasmuch as it is intended to present comprehensivel}^ and 

 accurately the culture of the native peoples of the islands, specimens 

 are not to be excluded because thev are rude and homely. The very 



