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CHAP. PAGE 



I. PARENTAGE . . . . . I 



II. CHILDHOOD AND BOYHOOD . . . .13 



III. MEDICAL STUDIES . . . . .22 



IV. SHORT TOUR TO THE EAST . . . .48 

 V. CAMBRIDGE ...... 58 



VI. EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN (map] . . .83 



VII. SYRIA ...... 101 



VIII. HUNTING AND SHOOTING . . . IIO 



IX. SOUTH-WEST AFRICA (map) . . .121 



X. LANDS OF THE DAMARAS, OVAMPO, AND NAMAQUAS . 138 



XI. AFTER RETURN HOME MARRIAGE . . .152 



xii. "ART OF TRAVEL" . . . . .161 



xiii. SOCIAL LIFE (medallions) . . . .169 



XIV. GEOGRAPHY AND EAST AFRICA . . .198 



XV. BRITISH ASSOCIATION. . . . .213 



XVI. KEW OBSERVATORY AND METEOROLOGY (meteoro- 



logical tracings) . . . . .224 



XVII. ANTHROPOMETRIC LABORATORIES . . . 244 



XVIII. COMPOSITE PORTRAITS AND STEREOSCOPIC MAPS . 259 



XIX. HUMAN FACULTY ..... 266 



XX. HEREDITY . . . . . 287 



xxi. RACE IMPROVEMENT (Galtonia Candicans) . . 310 



APPENDIX. BOOKS AND MEMOIRS BY THE AUTHOR . 325 

 PRINCIPAL AWARDS AND DEGREES . . 33 T 



INDEX ...... 332 



