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formulae cannot be reconciled, and that the palms are, and remain, in respect 

 to the main lines, very different. They both possess, however, certain pecu- 

 liar markings in common, as the thenar patterns in the left hands, or the 

 hypothenar convergence in the rights, facts which would help matters out 

 were there any hope of reconciling the lines. I must leave this as a totally 

 aberrant case, and treat it as such in the summary given below. In the other 

 two cases that have caused trouble, Nos. VII and X, the resemblance is not 

 so striking and there are marked differences in height and weight. It will 

 be noted that in these there is a complete lack of that bilateral symmetry 

 in the hands of one individual which is usual, though not invariably 

 the case in undoubted duplicates. Were the theory established beyond doubt, 

 I should unhesitatingly diagnose this as a case of fraternals in whom there 

 happens to be a striking resemblance, but as one cannot be dogmatic, I must 

 leave it as recorded, without explanation.] 



[The finger prints correspond exactly in the two individuals, even more 

 than is usual in those twins that are unquestionably duplicates, yet it will 

 be noted that they are in the main ulnar loops, the commonest type of 

 pattern.] 



No. XIV. 



7. 5. 5. 3. C 7. 5. 5. 5. C 



Indication of i.^ shown by a broad A broad loop between T^ and T*. 



loop between T^ and T\ H a nar- i.^ 



row loop. 



7. 5. 5. 2. C 8. 6. 5. 5. P(?) 



j.^ well developed. H a narrow A broad loop between T^ and T* 



loop, with a core of oblique ridges. showing rudiment of ±\ 



[These correspond exactly in all but two minor particulars, and show, 

 also, that bilateral symmetry so usual in the case of duplicates. The two dif- 

 ferences are slight, and in each case the decision rests upon a single ridge. 

 In the left hand of x line A almost runs into the carpal triradius, as it does 

 in the case of y, a single ridge in the hollow of the hand deflecting it slightly 

 outward; and in the same way the " 8.6 " of the right hand of y is so near 

 7.5 that another might interpret it so. These twins I have never seen, but 

 they are reported as being identical.] 



uuuuu uauuu 



uuuau uuuuu 



[The finger patterns are all ulnar loops except the right index of x and 

 the left index of y, which are tented arches These phenomena may possibly 

 be of the same order as that of the reversal of patterns in the same finger, 

 since, in passing over from an ulnar to a radial loop, a tented arch is an inter- 

 mediate stage. Here, at any rate, there is a reversal of hands if not of indices, 

 since the left hand of y corresponds to the right of x, and vice versa.] 



