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now combined into one of double breadth ; it 

 covers Nottingham, Shrewsbury, Liverpool, and 

 Manchester. Above these latitudes it again nar- 

 rows, and after sending a small branch to Hull, 

 proceeds northwards to Newcastle, Edinburgh, 

 and Glasgow. Thus there are large areas in 

 England and Wales outside this irregular plot 

 which are very deficient in aboriginal science. 

 One comprises the whole of the Eastern Counties, 

 another includes the huge triangle at whose 

 angles Hastings, Worcester, arid Exeter, or 

 rather Exmouth, are situated. 



OCCUPATION OF PAKENTS AND POSITION 

 IN LIFE. 



My list contains men who have been born in 

 every social grade, from the highest order in 

 the peerage down to the factory hand and 

 simple peasant, but the returns which I shall 

 discuss do not range quite so widely. These 

 are 96 in number, and may be classified as 

 follows but the same name appears in two 



