the ice from Japan to California? Were the first settlers the
crew of some vessel or vessels driven to the western continent
by stress of winds, or were they led thither by some
far-sighted captain?

8. Finally, how many ships did it take to carry them over?

Many pages of remarks, by different members, were appended to this
paper. The other paper, marked B., read as follows:

B.

1. Is the similarity of physiognomy and features between the
present race of American Indians and the Asiatic Tartars
strong enough to induce an unprejudiced observer to pronounce
them members of the same great family of mankind, or, to speak
so as to be understood, 'does an Indian look like a Tartar?'

2. Are the coincidences of sound and signification in the
languages of North America and Tartary sufficiently numerous
and unequivocal to induce one to pronounce them of a common
origin?

3. Do the customs and manners of the North American Indians
correspond in any material degree with those of their supposed
brethren, the Tartars?

4. Are there any animals, wild or domestic, tameable or
untameable, in America, which are of a species known to exist
at this day in Tartary? And is there any thing in the
vegetable kingdom of the west which bears marks of derivation
from that country?

5. Is there any reason to think these Indians descended from
the Welsh? What are we to think of the voyage of Madoc and his
supposed colonization of the Western continent? Upon this
point M. Verdier will do well to examine their pedigrees with
great care.

The committee deem it altogether impossible to particularise all the
subjects upon which questions may be put, to the fair furtherance of the
objects which the Society has in view in sending out M. Verdier. A great
deal must be left to his discretion and judgment. Many reflections will
occur to him, as he personally surveys the monuments, and becomes
acquainted with the people of that continent, which does not occur to
us, and perhaps never would to him but for such visit.

The Society hope every thing from the zeal, the perseverance, and the
talents, of their missionary. They hope to be able to record as a
benefactor to this Society, to the kingdom, to the world, not only M.
Verdier, but the gentleman who first