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TABLE IV. 



PERCENTAGE OF CASES WHERE SAME CLASS OP PATTERN OCCURS 

 ON SAME DIGITS OF THE TWO HANDS. 



Mean of totals 70-2. 



Gallon's 72. 



Table V. deals with the tendency of couplets of different name to 

 resemble each other. The combinations to be considered are thumb 

 and forefinger, thumb and middle finger, and fore and middle fingers 

 of the same or of opposite hands. This gives six different combina- 

 tions in all. 



TABLE V. 



PERCENTAGE OF CASES WHERE COUPLETS OF DIFFERENT DIGITS 

 RESEMBLE ONE ANOTHER. 



The mean of totals on same hand = 59'6. 

 On opposite hands = 59'5. 



The above table may be regarded as follows ; 



