APPENDIX 133 



the set to be marked severely. It is better to select ten ears 

 that are not the very best, l)ut are a/?'/re, than to include 

 one ear that is either much better or much worse than all 

 the rest in the set. Pick out the best forty or fifty ears you 

 can find, and then from these, by careful measurement and 

 comparison, select for your exhibit the five or ten that are 

 nearest alike. 



