1 844 ] Queries respecting the Human Race. 923 



N.B. — Peculiarities may exist, which cannot be anticipated in 

 queries, but which the observer will do well to notice amongst his an- 

 swers to anatomical questions. 



11. Where a district obviously possesses two or more varieties of 

 the human race, note the typical characters of each in their most 

 distinct form, and indicate to what known groups or families they may 

 belong : give some idea of the proportion of each, and state the result 

 of their intermixture on physical and moral character. When it can 

 be ascertained, state how long intermixture has existed, and of which 

 the physical characters tend to predominate. It is to be observed, 

 that this question does not so much refer to the numerical strength or 

 political ascendency of any of the types, but to the greater or less 

 physical resemblance which the offspring may bear to the parents, 

 and what are the characters which they may appear to derive from 

 each : whether there is a marked difference arising from the father or 

 the mother belonging to one of the types in preference to another; also 

 whether the mixed form resulting from such intermarriage is known 

 to possess a permanent character, or after a certain number of gene- 

 rations to incline to one or other of its component types. 



12. Any observation connected with these intermarriages, relating 

 to health, longevity, physical and intellectual character, will be parti- 

 cularly interesting, as bringing light on a field hitherto but little sys- 

 tematically investigated. Even when the people appear to be nearly 

 or quite free from intermixture, their habits, in respect of intermar- 

 riage within larger or smaller circles, and the corresponding physical 

 characters of the people, will be very interesting. 



13. Do the natives speak a language already known to philologists, 

 and if so, state what it is; and notice whether it exhibit any dialectic 

 peculiarities, as well as the modifications of pronunciation and ac- 

 centuation which it may offer. State also the extent to which this 

 dialect may be used, if limits can be ascertained. 



14. If the language be little if at all known, endeavour to obtain 

 a vocabulary as extensive as circumstances will allow, and at least 

 consisting of the numerals, the most common and important sub- 

 stantives*, the pronouns in all persons and numbers, adjectives ex- 

 pressive of the commonest qualities, and, if possible, a few verbs 



* The names of mountains, lakes, rivers, islands, &c. 



