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HARRIS HAWTHORNE WILDER. 



The most common loss is that of the loop upon the outer edge 

 of the sole, the probable equivalent of the hypothenar, or of a part 

 of it. This loop is extremely frequent, but as its center occurs 



FIG. 13. Print of right foot of Coll. No. 22, showing hypothenar loop, and thenar 

 rudiment, both outside of the tread area. 



near the hypothenar edge, it is more than likely to fall just beyond 

 the edge of a tread-area print. Thus, when completely printed, 

 Figs. 13 and 15 are alike in respect to the loop in question, but 

 with ordinary tread area prints the loop in the former would 

 escape observation. In Fig. 16 a single hypothenar loop would 

 be evident in a tread-area print, but it would never be mistrusted 



