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patterns which runs across the ball, but, after the analogy of the 

 hand the hypothenar pattern is to be looked for somewhere along 

 the outer, or fibular, edge of the sole, a little back of (proximal to) 

 the interdigital pattern of the little toe and the one next to it. 

 There is frequently found a loop in precisely this place, which runs 



FIG. 22. Tracing of the sole print of No. 712, shown in Fig. 21. The whorl is 

 probably that of the fourth interdigital pattern. 



across the entire sole, the core of which is so far out that it is 

 usually beyond the tread area, and requires a slight outward roll 

 of the foot to get wholly into a print. Generally, too, the loop 

 is a narrow one, with a straight axis, but occasionally one may be 

 met with that has a definite bend in the axis, making the loop 

 into a hook, as in the Negro boy in Fig. 23. In one case I have 

 found this bending of the loop so extreme that the core assumes 

 almost the appearance of a whorl (Fig. 24) . This occurred on the 

 foot of a small son of a university professor. 



