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Buildings and Monuments 50. What are the kinds of habitations in use 



among the people ? Are they permanent or fixed ? Do they consist of a single 

 apartment, or of several ? Are the dwellings collected into villages or towns, 

 or are they scattered, and nearly or quite single ? If the former, describe 

 any arrangement of them in streets or otherwise which may be employed. 



51. Have any monuments been raised by the present inhabitants or their 

 predecessors, and more especially such as relate to religion or war ? State 

 their character, materials, and construction. If they are still in use amongst 

 the people, state this object, even if they should be of the simplest construc- 

 tion, and be little more than mounds or tumuli. If these monuments are no 

 longer in use, collect, as far as possible, the ideas and traditions of the na- 

 tives regarding them, and, if possible, have them examined by excavation or 

 otherwise, taking care to deface and disturb them as little as possible. 



52. In these researches be on the look out for the remains of the skeletons 

 of man or other animals, and, if discovered, let them be preserved for com- 

 parison with those still in existence. 



Works of Art 53. Let works of art, in metal, bone, or other materials, 



be likewise sought and preserved, and their similarity to, or difference from 

 implements at present in use amongst the people of the district, or elsewhere, 

 be noted. 



54. When a people display their ingenuity by the extent or variety of their - 

 works of art, it will not only be desirable to describe what these are, but also 

 the materials of which thej^ are constructed, the modes in which these 

 materials are obtained, the preparation which they undergo when any is re- 

 quired, and the instruments by which they are wrought. Such particulars 

 will not only throw light on the character and origin of the people, but will, 

 directly or indirectly, influence the commercial relations which may be pro- 

 fitably entei-ed into when commerce alone is looked to. When colonization 

 is contemplated, the facts contained in the replies to these queries will point 

 out the mntual advantages which might be obtained by preserving, instead of 

 annihilating, the aboriginal population. 



Domestic Animals. — Are there any domestic animals in the possession of 

 the people ? Of what species are they ? Whence do they appear to have 

 been derived, and to what variety do they belong? Have they degenerated 

 or become otherwise modified ? To what uses are they applied ? 



Government and Laws. — 55. What is the form of government ? Does it 

 assume a monarchical or democratic character, or does it rest with the priests ? 



56. Are the chiefs, whether of limited or absolute power, elective or here- 

 ditary ? 



57. Is there any division of clans or castes ? 



58. What are the privileges enjoyed by or withheld from these ? 



59. What care is taken to keep them distinct, and with what effect on the 

 physical and moral character of each ? 



60. What laws exist among the people ? How are they pi'escrved ? Are 

 they generally known, or confided to tlie memory of a chosen set of persons ? 

 Wliat are their opinions and regulations in reference to property, and espe- 

 cially the occupation and possession of the soil ? Does the practice of hiring 

 labourers exist among them ? 



61. Have they any knowledge or tradition of a legislator, to whom the 

 formation of laws is ascribed ? 



62. Do they rescind, add to, or modify their laws ? and how ? 



63. Are they careful in the observance of them ? 



64. What are tiicir modes of enfo;:'cing obedience, and of proving and 

 punishing delinquency ? 



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