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Are any peculiarities either very uniformly de- 

 veloped, or also very irregularly developed among 

 yourself, your brothers and sisters, or in the family of 

 your father, or in that of your mother ? 



State the number of males and that of the females in 

 each of the following degrees of relationship who have 

 attained 30 years of age, or thereabouts : Grand- 

 parents, both sides ; parents, uncles and aunts, both 

 sides ; brothers and sisters ; first-cousins of all four 

 descriptions ; nephews and nieces. In each of these 

 several degrees of relationship, state the names of 

 those who have occupied prominent positions or 

 written well-known works, or who from any other 

 cause may be considered as public characters. State 

 their principal achievements, mention the _best bio- 

 graphies, and the most useful among the scattered 

 biographical notices that may exist of them ; terms 

 of award of medals, &c. Also, in each of the above 

 degrees of relationship, give the number (with 

 initials or names) of those whose ability in any 

 respect was considerable, but who did not become 

 public characters (fuller information to be sent on a 

 separate paper). Similar information is acceptable 

 concerning other more remote degrees of relation- 

 ship. Brief notes concerning hereditary peculiari- 

 ties of any kind in your family, bodily or mental, 

 would be acceptable. How many brothers and 



