ON THE ETHNOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 607 
Ethnographical Survey of the United Kingdom.—Fourth Report of 
the Committee, consisting of Mr. E. W. BraBroox (Chairman), 
Dr. Francis GALtTon, Dr. J. G. Garson, Professor A. C. Happon, 
Dr. JoseEpH ANDERSON, Mr. J. RomitLy ALLEN, Dr. J. BEDDOE, 
Professor D. J. CUNNINGHAM, Professor W. Boyp Dawkins, 
Mr. ARTHUR J. Evans, Mr. F. G. Hitton Price, Sir H. Howorrs, 
Professor R. MELDOLA, General Pirt-Rivers, Mr. E. G. Raven- 
STEIN, and Mr. E. SmipNEY HartTLanp (Secretary). (Drawn up 
by the Chairman.) 
APPENDIX PAGE 
I. The Ethnographical Survey of Ireland. Report of the Committee . . 609 
Il. Report of the Ethnographical Survey of Pembrokeshire. By EDWARD 
Laws, F.S.A.. . A 2 A " 2 . 5 ; ; - 610 
Ill. Preliminary Report on Folklore in Galloway, Scotland. By Rev. Dr. 
WALTER GREGOR . 612 
IV. On the Method of determining the Value of ' Follilore as Ethnological 
Data. By G. LAURENCE GOMME, F.S.A. 626 
1. As in previous years, the Committee have had the advantage of the 
co-operation of several gentlemen not members of the Association, but 
delegates of various learned bodies who are interested in the Survey. 
Mr. George Payne, one of the delegates of the Society of Antiquaries, 
and Mr. E. Clodd, Mr. G. L. Gomme, and Mr. J. Jacobs, the repre- 
sentatives of the Folklore Society, Sir C. M. Kennedy, K.C.M.G., 
representing the Royal Statistical Society, Mr. Edward Laws, the Ven. 
Archdeacon Thomas, Mr. S. W. Williams, and Professor John Rhys, 
representing the Cambrian Archeological Association, and Dr. C. R. 
Browne, a representative of the Royal Irish Academy, have continued 
their valuable services. Other members of the Committee are delegated 
by the Anthropological Institute. 
2. In previous reports, the Committee presented a list of villages or 
places which, in the opinion of competent persons consulted by the Com- 
mittee, appeared especially to deserve ethnographic study. They also 
recorded the commencement of such study in several parts of the United 
Kingdom by observers residing in the respective neighbourhoods. Since 
the last meeting of the Association the Committee have taken an impor- 
tant step in advance by commissioning the Rev. Dr. Walter Gregor to 
make a special visit to the district of Galloway for the purpose of the 
survey. He remained there during part of the months of October and 
November 1895, and paid another visit in the spring of the present year. 
On these occasions he collected a considerable amount of information on 
the current traditions and folklore of the district, and took measurements 
of a number of the inhabitants. The Committee have requested him to 
complete his observations on the people of Galloway, and to commence a 
similar systematic survey of Ayrshire, the results of which will, it is 
expected, be ready for insertion in their next Report. Dr. Gregor pos- 
sesses special qualifications for this work, and his preliminary notes are 
appended to this Report, not merely as being of interest in themselves, but 
as indicating by example the manner of recording folklore. 
3. The tabulation of the results of Dr. Gregor’s physical measure- 
ments, and of those which the Committee have received from other sources, 
