II. lililNKWATKII. — STIJDY OK A DRACIIVliACT'iUHS l'AMII.V. ^50 



't'iie a\('iai;c slaliiic of thc four wuineii N' ~ 7, Iti, 1." ami II is ■uSJJ iiK-hes 

 and llial ol' llie three men n"~ 5, S and 10, is 67,0 inches. 



Now, Ihese figures are very remarkahie from their close approximation lo 

 Ihe saine measuremenls in N" I family, wiiere lliey were respeclivcly .")8{ and Cl. 



Fig. 1-2. — ll;uid or girl >° l'J aged S. 



The women Iherel'ore, arc about l ? inches. and Ihe nicn ahonl S inches below 

 Ihe normal average hcight. 



It is Ihe gênerai opinion llial liie abnormals hâve iieller hcallli tiian their 

 normal relatives. 



The abnormals are slighlly more |)rolilîc Ihan Ihe normals, Ihough Ihe 

 numbers are too small lo enalile one todraw conclusions on this point. Increa- 

 sed fecundity was a marketl feature of N" I family. 



In bolh familics a miich larger proportion of normals hâve remained 

 unmarried. 



The schoolmislress slali'<l tiiat Ihe parents of this boy (N" ill) are cousins, 

 but such is not this case, and I could not hear of any intermarrying in thèse 

 familles. 



Mendelkm. — This family illustrales certain mendclian rules : 



1» There is perfect ségrégation. The abnormality is either not transmitted 

 al ail, or il is transmitted fully : i.e. so as lo involve Ihe digits of bolh hands 

 and liolh feel. 



