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was easier, the measuring being, in many cases, done under shelter, 

 instead of on the hills, the roadside, or the sea-shore. 



As is mentioned above the two new measurements had to be 

 abandoned owing to practical difficulties. It is a matter of experience 

 in work of this sort in Ireland that persons do not come to be measured, 

 they have to be sought out and induced to submit themselves to the 

 process, often no easy matter ; there are generally several to be 

 measured in quick succession, but if kept waiting long they will one 

 by one slip off and refuse to allow measurement ; and as the adapting of 

 the anthropometer for these projections takes some time, the instrument 

 having to be unshipped for each, and then fitted up again to measure 

 the next comer, it became evident that these projections would have 

 to be given up if anything like a sufficient number of persons was to 

 be measured. Moreover, accuracy in taking projection measurements 

 is by no means easily obtained, even under the most favourable circum- 

 stances in a laboratory, and the difficulty is increased so much in field 

 work, where it is not at all easy to get the men to understand exactly 

 what position they are wanted to assume, so as to make the results 

 unreliable. 



The noting of the colours of the hair and eyes also presented 

 some difficulties, the chief being to distinguish between those who 

 were natives and strangers from other districts, which was rendered 

 greater by the absence of a distinctive dress (except in the case of 

 the people of Inishkea). In spite of these difficulties, however, I 

 succeeded in noting the eye and hair colours of 494 individuals, on 62 

 (male adults) of whom the full series of measurements and observa- 

 tions was made. As on the two former surveys precautions were taken 

 against recording the same person twice, as well as against the 

 inclusion of the men measured in the ordinary nigrescence cards. 



(d). Photography. — Owing to the rain and rough weather as much 

 could not be done in this department as had been hoped, but in spite 

 of the difficulties of cloudy skies and high winds a number of photo- 

 graphs were taken, including, 17 portraits, 14 of them individuals 

 measured, 12 groups, taken in all parts of the district, 30 illustrations 

 of the occupations, modes of transport, and habitations of the people, 

 also several of the antiquities of the district, and a set of views sliow- 

 ing surface of land and nature of coast line, &c. 



Some of these photographs were taken by myself, others by my 

 brother J, M. Browne. The addition of the hand camera to our 

 appliances has proved to be a great advantage, enabling portraits of 

 unwilling subjects to be taken, and adding to the value of the photo- 



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