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of the editor, Prof. J. McK. Cattell. The capital letter to the left of 

 the four numbers designates the condition of the carpal region, whether a 

 carpal triradius (C) is present, a parting (?) , or a seam along the inner 

 edge of the hypothenar region 

 (S). The second row of desig- 

 nations refers to the presence and 

 the conditions of the various pat- 

 terns, -and will explain itself. I 

 have added also, in all cases pos- 

 sible, the formulse for the finger- 

 print patterns after the Galton 

 system. In all cases the upper 

 row of designations or formulge 

 are those of the individual cata- 

 logued in my list as x, the lower 

 row those of y. The designations 

 of the finger-prints (but not those 

 of the main lines) are arranged in 

 the order in which they would 

 naturally come were the reader to 

 lay his hands, palm down, on the table before him. 



To make this plain, the descriptive formulje of N"o. XYI are placed 

 here as an example, and the significance of each designation explained. 



No. XVI.— PALMS. 



Fig. 6. Diagram of a left palm, showing 

 the designations employed in making the 

 descriptive formulrP. 



[From Pop. Sci. Monthly, September, 1903, 

 by permission.] 



