Mr. F. Gallon. 

 Fio. l. 



[May 28, 



Index 



[symmetric. tipped. 



Priory. , 



\\-horts. 



Loop*. 



/// 



///&>/! 



w// sloped. 



/^ % ^ \" /* , V/ S 



o p q r s' t u, r ir 



The foi-efingers are the most variable of all the digits in respect to 

 their patterns, their slopes being almost as frequently abnormal as not 

 (see Table II) ; the third fingers rank next ; the little finger ranks last, 

 as its pattern is a loop in nine cases out of ten. I, therefore, found it 

 convenient not to index the fingers in their natural order, but in the 

 way that is shown at the head of the column of figures on the left 

 side of fig. 2. There, the sequence of the numerals that express the 



Fio. 2. 



R L , R 



123, 123 I T4.T4 



353,333; 35,35 



353,333 35,35 

 353,353- 15,55 

 353,653 35,35 



415,555 35,55 



Left. 



355,353 55,35 /? /> @ /7 

 355,455 55,35 /?/?/?/? 

 365,355 55,55 / // ^ . @ & 



Right. 



