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boring, for smoothing^[[,]] and for various purposes of common use.

The metric ^[[appliances]][[strikethrough]] apparatus [[/strikethrough]] of all the tribes should be here^[[,]] and in sufficient numbers to set forth the characteristics of each tribe. There should be a comprehensive series relating to the great industries of their lives; of quarrying, mining, fishing, hunting, planting and gleaning, the intermediary arts by which, the substances gathered in the primary arts, are transformed to the uses of life [[strikethrough]] . [[/strikethrough]]^[[, and]] [[strikethrough]] T [[/strikethrough]]^[[t]]he final arts and activities by which of these products of industry should be turned into the channels of consumption or enjoyment.^[[Also ^]] [[strikethrough]] T [[/strikethrough]]^[[t]]he apparatus by which substances are moved from place to place upon the backs of men or beasts whether on the land, on the water or on the snow. This, of course, is an ideal collection^[[,]]but instead of gathering in [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]]^[[a]]desultory way duplicates of material [[strikethrough]] , [[/strikethrough]] already in hand, the Curator is now in possession of information which enables him to say whether a specimen, which it is possible to acquire, will fill one of the gaps herein indicated or will add one more to a collection already represented in superabundance.

The Curator would crave the encouragement and assistance of the Director in this matter. The cramped space allowed for the collection is also another reason for not wanting so many duplicates of specimens for the sake of numbers.

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