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finally two more schedules give merely the names of S and Q, and <S and R with 

 their types of cousinship, and refer to the proper schedules for the observations on S, 

 Q and R. Or again, the observer may till in one schedule for himself or herself, 

 and then with simple reference to the number of that schedule and the type of 

 cousinship, till in separate papers for twenty or thirty of his or her cousins. Then 

 another series of schedule papers may be filled with simple references to the indi- 

 viduals among these twenty or thirty persons (without repeating their measurements) 

 who are cousins among themselves apart from their relationship to the observer. In 

 each case the type of cousinship must he marked on the new schedule paper. 



V. — Directions for recording Observations. 



(1) Hair Colour. 



On the hair-colour scale in the box, pick out the number of the hair corresponding 

 most nearly to the colour under observation. If the hair considered falls between 

 two tints, so exactly that you cannot say that it is nearer to the one than the other, 

 give both tints, thus 5 — 6. If the hair has turned grey before 45, say so ; and 

 if the hair is of tint distinctly not on the scale, fasten a very small sample, sufficient 

 to show colour, on the data sheet with the border of a sheet of postage stamp, or 

 other strip of gummed paper. 



(2) Eye Colour. 



In judging eye colour, first fix the attention on the amount of orange-brown 

 pigment in the iris. If there be no orange-brown pigment, the eye is (l) Dark Blue, 

 (2) Blue, (3) Light Blue, (4) Light Grey. With hardly visible amounts of the orange- 

 brown pigment we have next (5) Blue-green, (G) Dark Grey, (7) Hazel. Lastly, 

 with clearly marked orange-brown pigment, we have (8) Light Brown, (9) Brown, 

 (10) Dark Brown, (11) Very Dark Brown, (12) "Black." Samples of these eye types 

 are given on the eye-colour scale. Look at the eye with the light upon it from a 

 distance of about 1 8 inches and compare it with the scale. If the eye falls between 

 two types on the scale, give the numbers of both types ; if it agrees fairly well with 

 any type, give the number of that single type only. Thus G — 7 would mean that the 

 eye in question fell between 6 and 7 of the scale, but 7 would signify that it was 

 closer to the 7 than to the 6 of the scale. 



(3) Health. 



Place a cross against the category under which the general health falls. 



(4) Measurements of Hand. 



These are to be made with the hand-spanner which will be found in the box. 

 All the readings are to be taken to the nearest mark on the scale, and the observer 

 need not give fractions of the units on the scale, if the length falls between two 

 marks. If in any case the observer finds it quite impossible to determine which is 

 the nearer mark, then give both units, e.g., 34 — 35. 



