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5. < The earlier researches of the Bureau have dealt rather 
meagerly with the physical characters and mental attributes of 
the native races, but the field is one worthy of the most 
careful attention. It is of importance (1) to record the 
physical characters of the red race before it is emerged into 
a race of hybrids or becomes extinct; (2) to study the phenom- 
ena of hybridity, and to trace the affects of changing social 
conditions on these people and on the other races with which 
they are combining;? and (3) to secure material for the compara- 
tive study of the physical characters of all races."? It is 
important (1) to take up researches into the mental characters 
of the red race, using modern methods; (2) to/study the mental 
traits including such as relate to hybridity, degeneracy, 
idiocy, lunacy, and criminology, and trace the effect of these 
characters as blending with the white race proceeds; (3) to 
record these observations for comparison with corresponding 
observations among other races* 
7. <The suggestion of the establishment of a laboratory where 
the physical and psychological work referred to above could 
be carried on, is perhaps worthy of consideration by the 
Secretary, In this work the Bureau could join hands with the 
National Museum, A convenient laboratory would be required, 
of a size sufficient to accommodate the necessary skilled as- 
sistants, workmen, and appliances. To thi 3 laboratory all 
visiting delegations of the native tribes could be brought, to 
be photographed, measured and cast. The work of the labora- 
tory could also extend to some extent to the tribes on their 
reservations. The records, properly made, would be of great 
importance to anthropoligical science, and in comparative studies 
of the racial elements now entering into the composition of the 
American nationlmay prove of much practical value, % 
