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Bigonial j^rearf^/t.— Breadth of face at tlie outer surface of the angles- 

 of the lower jaw below the ears. 



Nose Length. — From the furrow at root of nose to the angle between 

 the nose and the upper lip in the middle line. 



Breadth of iA^ose.— Measured horizontally across the nostrils at the 

 •widest part, but without compressing the nostrils. 



Height of Head.— The head should be so held that the eyes look straight 

 forward to a point at the same level as themselves— i.e. the plane of vision 

 should be exactly horizontal. The rod of the Anthroponieter should be 

 held vertically in front of the face of the subject, and the upper straight 

 arm should be extended as far as possible and placed along the middle 

 line of the head ; the shorter lower arm should be pushed up to the lower 

 surface of the chin. "When measured with the square the depending bar 

 must be held vertically in front of the face (with the assistance of the 

 spirit-level or plumb-line), and the small set-square passed up this arm 

 from below in such a manner that its horizontal upper edge will come into 

 contact with the lower contour of the chin. The distance between the 

 lower edge of the horizontal bar of the square and the upper edge of the 

 set-square can be read off, and this will be the maximum height of the 



head. 



Height of Cranium.— The head being held in precisely the same manner 

 as in measuring the height of the head, the instrument is rotated to the 

 left side of the head, its upper bar still resting on the crown, and the 

 recording arm (or the set-square) is pointed to the centre of the line of 

 attachment of the small projecting cartilage in front of the ear-hole. 



Note.— It is essential that these rules should be strictly followed in 

 order to secure accuracy. All measurements must be made in millimetres. 

 If possible, the subject's weight should be obtained, and recorded in the 

 place set apart for remarks. The observer is recommended to procure 

 ' Notes and Queries on Anthropology,' 2nd edition, froin_ the Anthropo- 

 logical Institute, 3 Hanover Square, London, W. ; net price, 3s. 6d. 



APPENDIX III. 



The Ethnographical Survey of Ireland.— Report of the Committee, consisting 

 of Dr. C. R. Browne, Professor D. J. Cunningham, Dr. S. Haughton, 

 Professor E. Perceval Wright, and Professor A. C. Haddon (Secre- 

 tary). {Drawn up by the Secretary.) 



The following is a brief statement of the work done by the Committee 

 of the Ethnographical Survey of Ireland. 



Dublin. 



A note ^ on the steps then taken and the chief objects in view was 

 read before the Anthropological Institute in August 1891. In December 

 of the same year Dr. Browne made a communication - to the Royal Irish 

 Academy on some instruments. 



' Cunningham, D. J., and Haddon, A. C, The ' Anthropometric Laboratory of 

 Ireland,' Jovrn. Anthrop. Inst., vol. xxi. 1891, pp. S.J-HS.- - 



■ Browne, 0. R., ' Some New Antbropometrical Instruments,' Proc. Eoy. Irish 

 Acad. [3], vol. ii. 1892, pp. 387-399, 2 figs. 



