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the head ? Are there any special customs with regards to twins or 

 preternatural births ? Are there any customs or ceremonies connect- 

 ed with the naming of the child akin to baptism ? 



IX.— General. 



What is the average number of a family ? What is the relative 

 proportion of sexes ? What is the greatest number in a family ? 

 How many have been produced by one mother, and of these how 

 many grew up ? Do twins or triplets, &c, occur frequently ? 

 Ascertain, if possible, the total number of boys and girls respectively 

 born in one given area or tribe. (This is of importance in districts 

 where polyandry exists.) Are there any restraints on population ? 

 Is sterility in woman common ? Is want of virile power complained 

 of by men ? Are drugs or other means used to produce abortion or 

 stimulate sexual desire and power ? If so, what are they ? Are 

 births out of wedlock common ? What is done with the children ? 

 Whether do the lower or upper classes produce the larger families? 

 Does population seem to be increasing, or the reverse, judging by 

 extent of occupied land, size of cemeteries, ruins of villages, &c, as 

 well as by report ? Can the ratio of births and deaths in a commu- 

 nity of known population be obtained. 



Note. — The above questions and instructions have been taken, 

 with slight modifications, from the second edition (1892) of Notes and 

 Queries on Anthropology, edited for the Council of the Anthropo- 

 logical Institute, by John George Grarson, m.d., and Charles Hercules 

 Kead, f.s.a. 



