44 HEREDITY AND SOCIAL FITNESS 



siderinp; them briefly, we have IV-90, born about 1851. She was 

 fathered by a chance visitor in K. She was of fair mentality, with 

 abihty to calcuhite, though she went to school but Httle, and since she 

 never lived at home, but was cared for by her paternal grandmother 

 and various families in and about K, she learned to be a fair house- 

 keeper and seamstress. She married IV-91, a drunken good-for- 

 nothing, whom she deserted. He had, however, ability to calculate 

 and came from a family possessing this ability. 



Their four children are: V-182, who had moderate school advan- 

 tages; was able at figures, and now is boss of a work train. He has 

 married a fairly intelligent woman of good family. Their eldest son 

 (VI-120) shows good mentality at 20 ; is working with his father. Their 

 elder daughter (VI-121) died at 9 months of cholera infantum. The 

 younger daughter (VI-122) is making good progress in the sixth grade at 

 10 years. 



The second son (V-184), showing less aggressiveness and persever- 

 ance than his brother, has fair ability to calculate; owns several acres 

 of land and does carpentry for a living. His wife is of very moderate 

 mental ability. The two older children (VI-123, 124) have made little 

 progress in school, and show little plan and purpose in life. The 

 5'oungest (VI-126) is still in school; was not studied b}'' author. 



The daughter (V-186) was very reckless; while a girl was crazy for 

 men, and had a reputation for sexual immorality ; after her marriage to 

 a baker, settled down to help her husband manage his business. No 

 children. 



V-188 is the youngest of the children of IV-91 ; a young man of 30; 

 has never been able to talk plainly ''because of large tonsils." Did not 

 attend school or learn even to spell his name. Now lives with his 

 mother, and does odd jobs for a living. There is said to be no defect 

 of number sense here, his ignorance of figures being attributed to his 

 stubborn refusal to attend school. 



The other illegitimate child of III-35 was IV-88, born 1854. He is 

 said to be the son of a man who died in the Civil War, and whose family 

 show nervousness and instances of sexual laxness. He lived very little 

 with his mother, having been brought up by a respectable, hard-work- 

 ing family in another county. He is fairly intelligent, but is impatient, 

 irascible, and has been alcoholic. He never learned a trade, though he 

 works with fair steadiness at blacksmithing, sand-grinding, and other 

 kinds of unskilled labor. Has married IV-89, whose family shows some 

 feeble-mindedness. She is a large, motherly woman, capable and of 

 fair intelligence; she shades the truth and is said to be bad-tempered at 

 times. One son (V-1 79) died in infancy of cholera infantum. Theother 

 children, three sons (V-173, 175, 177) and two daughters (V-171, 180), 

 have all married very young. They are all said to be very quarrelsome. 



