_By the late SIR A. W. FRANKS, K.C.B., F.R.S._ I. _Physical Character._ Average height of men and women in each tribe. Character of hair: straight, wavy, curly, frizzy, or woolly. 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 in caves. Use of boats; forms of boats and of paddles; mode of paddling. Any particular stratagems used in hunting, snares and traps; implements 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._ Birth ceremonies. 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? Are there any particular superstitions? What fetishes or amulets are used? by whom are they made? Are there any forms of divination, any use of casting lots with cowries, ordeals by poison or otherwise? Vampire beliefs and ghost beliefs generally. Cannibalism, and motives for the same. Funeral rites. Belief in a future state. Deposit of objects with the dead, and whether deposited broken or whole, in or on the graves. Are burial customs associated with belief in destiny after death? It is important that the traveller should distinguish between genuine native traditions and those acquired through contact with civilised peoples. Peace survivals among newer peoples. IV. _Arts and Manufactures._ Mode of spinning and weaving; patterns and materials employed. Dyeing and nature of dyes. Any mode of preparing and working leather. Any knowledge of glass-making. If not acquainted with the manufacture of glass, do they melt down broken European glass and beads to make armlets and other ornaments? Musical instruments: their forms, nature, and names. Knowledge of pottery and mode of manufacture. Use and manufacture of tobacco and other narcotics; forms of tobacco-pipes; any ceremonies connected with smoking; use of snuff; snuff-bottles. Manufacture and trade in salt, wine, beer, or other liquors. Knowledge of simple medical remedies, cupping, etc. Ivory and wood-carving. Metallurgy: working in the various metals, whether by a special class of people or tribes; implements used in smelting, etc. Where are the ores obtained? Is there any knowledge of precious stones?