430 REPORT— 1894. 



Measurements and observations have since then been continuously 

 made in the Anthropometric Laboratory in Trinity College, Dublin, and 

 up to the present time nearly 500 persons have been measured. The 

 tabulation of the results has been commenced. 



The first ethnographical field excursion was to the Aran Islands in 

 Galway Bay. Instead of attention being confined to anthropometric data 

 it was deemed advisable to make a sociological study of the people as well. 

 The table of contents of the report " as read before the Royal Irish Academy 

 on December 12, 1892, is as follows: — 'I. Introduction ] II. Physio- 

 graphy ; III. Anthropograpiiy. 1. Jlethods : (a) Hair and Eye Colour, 

 (b) Head, Face, and Body Measurements, (c) Insti-uments used, (d) General 

 Remarks on Methods employed, (e) Photography. 2. (a) Physical 

 Characters, (b) Statistics of Hair and Eye Colour, (c) Detailed List of 

 Measurements, (d) Analysis of the Statistical Tables. 3. Vital Statistics 

 (General and Economic) : (a) Population, (b) Acreage and Rental, (c) 

 Language and " Illiterancy," (d) Health. 4. Psycholoc/y. 5. Language, 

 Eolk-names. lY. Sociology'. 1. Occupations ; 2. Family-life and Customs ; 

 3. Clothing ; 4. Dwellings ; 5. Transport. V. Folk-lore ; VI. Archaeo- 

 logy. 1. Survivals; 2. Christian Antiquities; 3. Pagan Antiquities. VII. 

 History; VIII. Ethnology ; IX. Bibliography.' 



The second expedition was to Inishbofin and Inishshark, islands off 

 the Xorth Galway coast. The report,^ which was on the same lines as the 

 previous one, was read before the Academy on November 30, 1894. 



The craniology of the Irish has not been neglected by the Committee, 

 and accounts have been published of crania from the Aran Islands,* 

 Inishbofin ^, ^, and co. Tipperary.^ Dr. W. Frazer also describes two 

 Irish crania in 'Proc. Roy. Irish Acad.' [3], vol. ii. 1893, pp. 643-647. 



For folk-lore papers ■\ '', ", and ^ may be consulted. 



This summer Dr. Browne made a third expedition to the west coast of 

 Ireland, and has brought back a large series of measurements and oljser- 

 vations from the district of Erris, in co. Mayo, which will be duly published 

 by the Royal Irisli Academy. 



Belfast. 



An ethnographical committee has been establislied in Belfast. An 

 account of its formation will be found in the ' Annual Report and Pro- 

 ceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club,' iii. 1892-93, p. 542, and 



^ Browne, C. E., ' On some Crania from Tipperarj',' Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., 1893, 

 pp. 040-054. 



■* Haddon, A. C, 'Studies in Irish Craniologj' : Tlie Aran Islands, Co. Galway, 

 Ihid.. pp. 759-767. 



'■• Haddon, A. C, and Browne, C. R., ' The Ethnology of the Aran Islands, 

 Co. Galway,' Ihld., pp. 708-830, 1 tig. pis. xxii.-xxiv. 



^ Haddon, A. C, ' A Batch of Irish Folk-lore ' (with collections by Miss Emily 

 Fitzgerald, Miss Sinclair, Mr. D. H. Lane, Dr. C. II. Browne, Miss G. C. Campbell, 

 Miss A. Watson, and others), Folk-lore, vol. iv. 1893, pp. 349-364. 



' Haddon, A. C, ' The Aran Islands, Co. Galway : A Study in Irish Ethnography,' 

 Irisli JVatiiralist, vol. ii. 1893, pp. 303-308, pi. viii. (abstract of No. 5). 



" Haddon, A. C, ' Studies in Irish Craniology : II. Inishbofin, Co. Galway,' Proc. 

 Boy. Irish Acad. [3], vol. iii. 1894, pp. 311-310. 



» Browne, C. E., ' The Ethnograjphy of Inishbofin and Inisbshark, Co. Galway,' liid., 

 pp. 317-370, pis. viii., ix. 



