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Y. 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
By E. B. Tylor, d.c.l., f.r.s. 
The characters of men’s bodies and minds being matters of common 
observation, Europeans not specially trained in anthropology, who have 
happened to be thrown among little-known tribes, often bring home 
valuable anthropological information. Though explorers, traders, and 
colonists have made their way into almost every corner of the earth, it is 
surprising to find how many new facts may still be noted down by any 
careful observer. If familiar with anthropological methods, he will, of 
course, observe more and better. The hints here given will serve to 
draw attention to interesting points which might otherwise be overlooked. 
Directions for such investigation, drawn up in much greater detail, will 
be found in the small British Association manual entitled: ‘ Notes and 
Queries on Anthropology ’ (Anthropological Institute, 3, Hanover 
Square, W.). 
Physical Characters .—On first coming among an unfamiliar race, such 
as the Negroes, the traveller is apt to think them almost alike, till after a 
few days he learns to distinguish individuals more sharply. This first 
impression, however, has a value of its own, for what he vaguely per¬ 
ceived was the general type of the race, which he may afterwards gain 
a more perfect idea of by careful comparison. Among tribes who for 
many generations have led a simple uniform life and mixed little with 
strangers, the general likeness of build and feature is very close, as may 
be seen in a photograph of a party of Garibs or Andamaners, whose 
uniformity contrasts instructively with the individualised faces of a party 
of Europeans. The consequence is that a traveller among a rude people, 
if he has something of the artist’s faculty of judging form, may select 
groups for photography which will fairly represent the type of a whole 
