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Three motives impelled the Curator to Paris in the month of August, namely, the Exposition, the Congresses, and the resources of anthropological study of permanent value there.

The science of anthropology is well organized in Paris, both as regards resources, such as museum, laboratories, libraries, journals, instrument factories, and publishing houses and as regards men and organizations. The museums represent the whole science of man's natural history; to wit: -

[[underlined]] Musee St. Germain, [[/underlined]] devoted to the palaeolithic, neolithic, bronze and early Christian period of France.
[[underlined]] Musee Cluny, [[/underlined]] devoted to Mediaeval France.
[[underlined]] Musee de Trocadero, [[/underlined]] devoted to the races of men and their arts. It is the ethnographic museum of Paris, corresponding to the British, and that of Copenhagen.
[[underlined]] Musee [[/underlined]] ^[[Cannovalet,]] devoted to the history of Paris.
[[underlined]] Musee Guimet, [[/underlined]] devoted to the history of religion.
[[underlined]] Musee du Louvre, [[/underlined]] devoted to classic art and archaeology, painting, keramics, metallurgy and art decorations in precious materials.
[[underlined]] Musee d'Artillerie/ [[/underlined]] ^ [[Arms and Armor.]]