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HINTS TO TRAVELLERS. 
Queries on Anthropology. —By the late Sir A. W. Franks, k.c.b., f.r.s., 
Keeper of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography, British 
Museum . 
I. Physical Character . 
Average height of men and women in each tribe. 
Woolliness of hair. 
Prognathism. 
Strength in lifting and carrying weights, &c. 
Speed in running. 
Accuracy of aim. 
Knowledge of numbers, weights, and measures. 
II. Mode of Subsistence . 
Whether mainly by hunting, or by pastoral or agricultural pursuits. 
Any instances of dwellings dn caves. 
Use of boats ; forms of boats and of paddles; mode of paddling. 
Any particular stratagems used in hunting, snares and traps; imple¬ 
ments for hunting; use of dogs and of cross-bows, as well as bows and 
arrows. 
Fishing: nets; fish-hooks; spears; any javelins or arrows with loose 
heads attached by a cord. 
Modes of cooking, and implements used; any particular observances 
in cooking or at meals; any separation of sexes at meals. How is fire 
produced ? and are any persons charged with the preservation of it ? 
Forms and construction of houses. Separation of the sexes. 
Furniture of houses. 
Plans of towns and fortifications. 
Plants cultivated for food or manufactures; agricultural implements. 
III. Religion and Customs. 
What are the idols and their names ? Is there any distinction between 
them in importance ? What worship is paid to them ? and what offerings 
are made, and on what occasions ? 
