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last, one of the most characteristic specimens of the Bygah race I 

 saw there, boasted of nothing more in the way of clothing, than a 

 green tassel, and a powder-horn, which, however cool and airy, was 

 scarcely sufficient for decency ! I shall do what I can, to have men 

 belonging to as many different races as possible collected at the 

 Exhibition ; and should any scientific men desire to make an examin- 

 ation of the heads and general conformation of any of these specimens 

 of the human family, our Committee will give all the assistance that 

 can be rendered without risk of causing annoyance or apprehension, 

 which we must, of course, be careful to guard against.' 



' A. Bloomfield.' 

 True copy, 



" You will see that Col. Spence, notwithstanding the difficulties 

 suggested, hopes to get some very interesting specimens ; and Mr 

 Temple proposes to get over Col. Spence's difficulties by a little 

 judicious bribery. Of the existence of races of the wildest and 

 most curious types, there can be no doubt. The Bygahs men- 

 tioned by Col. Spence are new to me. In those parts, the Gronds are 

 a sort of superior and dominant aborigines, perhaps conquerors ; and 

 the Bygahs and other extreme savages are no doubt the vestiges of 

 more primeval races, and must be of the very greatest interest. 



" With respect to the clothing, I would only suggest that I think 

 we should prefer to have them in their native and characteristic 

 shape without it. As cleanliness comes after godliness, so I think 

 that decency must come after science ; at any rate I would only satisfy 

 the most inevitable demands of decency. 



" I would then strongly recommend all those members of the Society 

 who take an interest in the subject and have the leisure, to arrange 

 to be at Jubbulpore at Christmas, and to be prepared to make the most 

 of the aboriginal gentlemen whose acquaintance they will have an 

 opportunity of making. I propose that the Society communicate to 

 Mr. Temple and Col. Spence their warm thanks for the way in which 

 they have taken up this matter.*" 



This proposition being put to the vote was carried unanimously, 



* The morning after the Society's meeting, Mr. Campbell received a 

 communication on this same subject from the Secretary of the Jubbulpore 

 Exhibition, and the opportunity is taken of publishing it with these Pro- 

 ceedings, to show that the matter is actively going forward. The aboriginal 

 classes mentioned by the Jubbulpore Committee include aii the most important 



