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Eugenics Laboratory (Galton Laboratory of National 

 Eugenics), work of, and plans for, lll A 346, 849, 

 350, 368 362, 368 373, 376, 377, 381-389, 486, 

 426, 432; early publications of, III A 269; and 



biometry, lll A "315, 12S; reception at, III B 605; 

 Darwin relics left to. Ill" 671; plans coneerniiiL', 

 I1I» 581; origin of, 1II A 223. 299, 332. 333; directed 

 by K. Pearson, III* 299-302, 304, 322; early plans of, 

 304 307, 330; Galton's gifts to, III A 304; work of, 

 II 1 A 327-329, 342 



Eugenics Record Office, original, 1904, Galton's plans for, 

 IIP 268, 260, 274. 276-279, 296-299, 303, 339; re- 

 eonstitution of, III A 296-299 ; Americans start a, 1910, 

 III" 613 



' Hui/, nice Review' Galton's foreword to, III A 362, 371, 

 380, III" 593; progress of, III A 378, 379, III B 595 



Evans, Sir J., on Roy. Soc. Committee on Colour- 

 blindness, II 227; size of head and stature of, II 150 



Eve, on measurements taken on Marlborough boys, 

 II 396 



Events, the observed order of, II 262 



Everest, Sir G., and triangulation, II 23 



Evidence, from finger-prints, III A 160, 182, 183, 195, 196 



Evolution, and Galton, II 13, 33, 171, 263, 264, 267; 

 by mutation, or continuous variation, III A 31, 32, 

 79-82, 84-86, 99, 126; regression and, II I A 48, 58, 

 60-62; and natural selection, II 79, 80, III A 170; 

 progressive, III A 94; and law of ancestral hereditv, 

 III A 48; of man, II 86; of mankind, II 74, 75, 

 III A 219, 220; and the average man, II 385; and 

 Eugenics, II 249, 267; of the germ-plasm, II 171; 

 source of, III A 431; duty of man regarding, II 263; 

 purpose of universe in, II 261, 262; doctrine of, and 

 religious belief, III A 89-93; effect of the Church on, 

 II 111, 112; palaeontological evidence of, III A 82; 

 Erasmus Darwin's doctrine of, II 202, 203; Max 

 Miiller's theory of, II 274, 275 ; need of experimental 

 farm for research into, III A 128 



Evolutionary Study, tribute to Galton's contribution to, 

 III A 236 



Examinations, Galton's place in, at Cambridge, I 154, 

 164, 165, 179; evils of competitive, I 170, 171; value 

 of, IIIA 232, 233; as test of ability, III A 247; personal 

 equation of examiner and, II 388, 389, 407 ; physical 

 and mental proficiency and, II 382, 386-396; marks 

 of, and number of candidates, II 89 



Exceptional, and habitual occurrences, strength of im- 

 pression in, II 296 



Exceptionality, definition of, III A 121 



Excitement, flush of, at the Derby, III A 124 



Experimental Farm, need for, III A 81, 128-135; dis- 

 advantages of, III A 130; Galton's desire to establish, 

 III A 135 



Experiments, Galton's, on pangenesis, II 156-177, 181- 

 183, III A 129; in moth breeding, III A 40, 45-47, 49, 

 IIIB 484; with sweet-peas, II 180, 181, 187, 189; on 

 association of ideas, II 233-236; concerning free-will, 

 II 245-247 ; on interference with automatic breathing, 

 II 247; with auditory sensations, II 272, 308; with 

 scents and arithmetic, II 275; concerning insanity, 

 II 247, 248; on fetishism, II 248; on tea-making, 

 IIIB 456-458; Galton's, on himself, II 270 



Exploration, Galton's, in Africa, I 214-240 



Explorer, career of, II 29-31 



Exploring Expeditions, equipment of, II 34, 35 



''Expression of the Emotions,' Galton on the, II 175 



Extinction, of inferior races, II 264; of families of great 

 men, II 341; of surnames, II 341-343; of families, 

 II 141, 143; prediction of, II 360 



Eye Colour, II 223, 224, 226; inheritance of, III A 34-40, 

 60, 376; Mendelians on, III A 324; percentage of types 



of, in successive generations, IIT A 36, 36; prediction 

 of, in olTspring, I11 A 39; hazel, III A 37, 38; blue anil 

 sen, III 11 171: in British, II 371. 397 

 Eyesight, defective, investigations regarding, IIl A 322, 

 368; test for acutcness of, 11I A 382 



/•'.. Miss, and spiritualism, II 63, 62 66 



Factory Acts, effect of, on fertility, I11 A 368 



Vacuities, human, variability of, II 274 



Faith, of Galton, when at Cambridge, I 176, 177 



Falbe, Mme de, with the Galtons at Royat, III 8 502, 603 



Fallacies, in considering totals instead of rates, II 76 



' Fallow Years,' of Galton, I v, 4, 1 96 2 1 0, 1 1 1 " 454, 455 



Familiarity, measurement of, III B 493 



Families, extinction of, II 141, 143; the fate of large, 



IIIB 577 

 Family, size of, in urban and rural populations, II 123- 

 125: and age of mother, II 123-125; variation in 

 of, III A 391, 392; criteria for merit in a, I1I A 121; 

 composite photograph of members of a, II 290, 295, 

 II 288 Plates XXXI-XXXIII; links, III B 575 

 Family, Limitation of, II 110-111, 132-134, 265, 



III A 243, 304, 322 

 Family Records, Galton's collection of, II 356, 357, 363- 

 370; prizes for, II 359-362; photographic, 11 302, 

 356; in Biographical register, II 355 

 Fantasies, in children, II 244 

 Fanner, James, marriage of, I 33 



Farmer, Joseph, and the iron industry, I 38, 39; a gun- 

 smith, I 49 

 Farmer, Priscilla, cousin to Lucy Barclay, I 33 

 Farmers, in the ancestry of Galton, I 11, 31-34, 38 40; 

 banking enterprise of the, I 32 : gun factory of the, I 32 

 Farming, of Erasmus and Darwin Galton, I 125 

 Farquharson, Dr, on Roy. Soc. Committee on Colour- 

 blindness, II 227 

 Farr, Dr, and statistics of population, II 123; on 

 statisticians and science, II 348; estimates the value 

 of a labourer's baby, III A 228 

 Farrar, Canon, at Darwin's funeral, II 198, 199 

 Fassie, his medallion of Erasmus Darwin, 1II B 473; 



reproduction, III B Plate L 

 Fathers, of Fellows of the Roy. Soc, III A 118; sons of 

 gifted, III A 102, 103; aged, and male offspring, 

 II 210. See also Parents 

 Fatigue, mental, II 276, 278, 351, 352; physical, II 278; 



measure of, II 277, 278; reaction time and, II 277 

 Faulds, Mr //., work of, on finger-prints, III A 141, L43 

 148, 150, 175, 177; and Galton's work on finger- 

 prints, IIIA 176; letter from, to Darwin, on finger- 

 prints, II 195 

 Faustina, wife of Antonius Pius, portraits of, and com- 

 posite, II 296 Plate XLIII 

 Faustina, wife of Marcus Aurelius, portraits of, and 



composite, II 296 Plate XLIII 

 Fawcett, Cicely, work of, III B 504 

 Fazakerley, Galton visits, III 8 456 

 Fear, in mother at conception, II 209, 210 

 Fechner, Galton on his 'Elemente der Psychophysik,' 



III 8 464, 468 

 Fecundity, effect of confinement on, III A 129 

 Feeble-minded, work on the, III A 371-373. ITI B 593; 

 fertility among the, III A 373; voluntary homes for, 

 III A 366, 367 

 Fellowship. See Trinity College, Galton Research 



Fellow 

 Female, transmutation of measurements of, III A 59 

 Females, excess of, in West Indian islands, 11 337 

 Fencing, of Galton at Angelo's rooms, I 109 

 Fergus, W., on statistics from Marlborough Col 

 II 343 



