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On comparing the entries, especially the summaries in the lower 

 lines of the Table, it does not seem that the characters of near 

 relatives are treated much more tenderly than those of the more 

 remote. There is little indication of the compilers having been 

 biased by affection, respect, or fear. More cases of a record being 

 left blank when a bad temper ought to have been recorded, would 

 probably occur in the direct line, but I do not see how this could be 

 tested. An omission may be due to pure ignorance ; indeed I find 

 it not uncommon for compilers to know very little of some of their 

 uncles or aunts. The Records seem to be serious and careful com- 

 positions, hardly ever used as vehicles for personal animosity, but 

 written in much the same fair frame of mind that most people force 

 themselves into when they write their wills. 



TABLE 2. 



COMBINATIONS OF TEMPER IN MARRIAGE (per cents.). 



The sexes are separated in the Table, to show the distribution of 

 the five classes of temper among them severally. There is a large 

 proportion of the violent and masterful among the men, of the 

 fretful, the mild, and the docile among the women. On adding 

 the entries it will be found that the proportion of those who fall 



