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drawings of savages under one or other of these headings, 
assigning to each its true signification. 
i. Have the natives a natural aptitude for drawing ? 2. Do 
they draw animals in preference to other subjects ? 3. Are 
the most conspicuous features, such as the head, nose, &c., 
generally exaggerated ? 4. Have they the least knowledge 
of perspective ? 5. Are the more distant objects drawn 
smaller than those nearer ? 6. Are the more important per¬ 
sonages or objects drawn larger than the others ? 7. Do 
their drawings represent imaginary animals or animals now 
extinct ? 8. Do they evince a tendency to introduce uni¬ 
formity into the representation of irregular objects, such as 
trees, so as to produce a symmetrical pattern ? 9. Are the 
drawings :—<2, historical (XLV) ; b , religious (XXVII) ; 
c , obscene; d , symbolical or hieroglyphic (XXII); e, 
ornamental (XXIV) ; f badges or tribal marks, heraldic 
(LXIX) ; g, copies from nature ; h, imaginative designs ; 
z, topographical ; k , scribbles to occupy idle time, without 
any definite meaning? 10. Are events of different periods 
depicted in the same drawing? 11. Have they any conven¬ 
tional modes of representing certain objects ? 12. Do they 
draw from nature, or copy each other’s drawings ? 13. Do 
they, in copying from one another, vary the designs through 
negligence, inability, or other causes, so as to lose sight of the 
original objects, and produce conventional forms, the meaning 
of which is otherwise inexplicable ? if so, it would be of 
great interest to obtain series of such drawings, showing the 
gradual departure from the original designs. 14. Do they 
readily understand European drawings ? 15. Do they show 
any aptitude in copying European designs? 16. What are 
the materials usually employed for drawing ? and with what 
tools are the carvings and engravings made? 17. What 
colours are employed, and how are they obtained ? 18. Have 
they special artists to draw for the whole tribe, or does each 
man draw his own designs ? 19. Is there much difference in 
the degree of talent shown by men of the same tribe ? 20. Is 
drawing more practised in some tribes of the same race than 
others ? and if so, does this rise from inclination or traditional 
