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room of the library with the pictures presented by the late Mr. 

 C. P. Huntington, and by Mr. William C. Havemeyer and other 

 friends of the Museum. 



Expeditions. — The several Museum expeditions during the 

 year have secured important knowledge in relation to past and 

 present peoples. This will be mde known through the exhibition 

 of specimens obtained, and by the series of papers and memoirs 

 now in course of publication. 



Jesup Notth Pacific Expedition. — During the present year the 

 party sent to the Amoor River in Siberia returned, bringing 

 much information relating to the tribes inhabiting that area. Dr. 

 Berthold Laufer, who was in charge of this work, collected infor- 

 mation particularly among the Gold, Gilyak and Ainu, and his 

 collections illustrate the life of these tribes. During the past year 

 a party was also sent out to the Sea of Okhotsk to carry on 

 investigations among the Chukchee and the Koryak. This party 

 is in charge of Mr. Waldemar Jochelson, who is to devote himself 

 to a study of the Koryak and Yukagheer, while Mr. Waldemar 

 Bogoras is to concentrate his attention particularly upon the 

 Chukchee. Mr. Alexander Axelrod is to do anthropometric work 

 among these tribes. Work was also carried on on Vancouver 

 Island, where, during the past year, Dr. Boas continued his former 

 researches among the Kwakiutl Indians. Mr. Livingston Farrand 

 continued his work among the Quillayute on the west coast of the 

 State of Washington, and Mr. James Teit was engaged in investi- 

 gations among the Chilcotin Indians. Many specimens from 

 these regions were secured for the Museum. In August, Dr. John 

 R. Swanton started for Queen Charlotte Islands, where he is to 

 remain for a year, investigating the Haida. 



Mrs. Morris K. Jesup Expedition. — Mr. A. L. Kroeber has 

 remained in charge of this expedition, and has continued his 

 work on the symbolism of the Arapaho Indians, spending the 

 greater part of his time among the northern Arapho in Wyoming, 

 from which place he has sent a very large collection of specimens 

 to the Museum. 



