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The most generally convenient method of organising a simultaneous 

 inquiry under these five heads appears to be the appointment of a sub- 

 committee in each place, one or more members of which would be preparedi joint 

 to undertake each head of the inquiry. For the ancient remains advan- 

 tage should be taken of the work of the Archaeological Survey where I 

 is in operation. The general plan of the Committee is discussed in am 

 article, On the Organisation of local Anthropological Research, in the 

 ' Journal of the Anthropological Institute ' of February 1893. 



For the use of inquirers copies on foolscap paper of the Forms of iftngt 

 Schedule have been prepared, giving a separate page or pages of foolscap lee 

 for each head of the inquiries, on which are the questions and hints pre-i \ 

 pared by the Committee, the lower portion of each page, to which should* i 

 be added as many separate sheets of foolscap as may be required, beingjU 

 left for answers ; and, with regard to the physical observations, a single p. 

 page of foolscap has been set aside for the measurements of each in- lew 

 dividual to be observed. The requisite number of copies of the foolscap I ( 

 edition of the schedules and of extra copies of the form for the persons M 

 to be photographed and measured will be supplied on application. 1 i 



Communications should all be written on foolscap paper, and the in 

 writing should be on one side only of the page, and a margin of about onefll I 

 inch on the left-hand side of the page should be left, with a view tofli 

 future binding. | j 



Directions for Measurement. 



Instrument required for these measurements : — The 'Traveller's 

 Anthropometer,' manufactured by Aston & Mander, 25 Old Compton 

 Street, London, W.C. ; price 3/. 3s. complete ; without 2 -metre steel 

 measuring tape and box footpiece, 21. 10s. With this instrument all the 

 measurements can be taken. In a permanent laboratory it will be found IN 

 convenient to have a fixed graduated standard for measuring the height, 

 or a scale affixed to a wall. For field work a tape measure may be tem- 

 porarily suspended to a rigid vertical support, with the zero just touching .IN 

 the ground or floor. 



A 2 -metre tape, a pair of folding callipers, a folding square, all of 

 which are graduated in millimetres, and a small set-square can be ob- 

 tained from Aston & Mander for II. 6s. : with this small equipment all 

 the necessary measurements can be taken. 



Height Standing. — The subject should stand perfectly upright, with j»nt 

 his back to the standard or fixed tape, and his eyes directed horizontally 

 forwards. Care should be taken that the standard or support for the tape |ft 

 is vertical. The stature may be measured by placing the person with his 

 back against a wall to which a metre scale has been affixed. The height 

 is determined by placing a carpenter's square or a large set-square against tf 

 the support in such a manner that the lower edge is at right angles to the ift 

 scale ; the square should be placed well above the head, and then brought \ k 

 down till its lower edge feels the resistance of the top of the head. The to 

 observer should be careful that the height is taken in the middle line of the 

 head. If the subject should object to take off his boots, measure the 

 thickness of the boot-heel, and deduct it from stature indicated in boots. 



Height Sitting. — For this the subject should be seated on a low stool 

 or bench, having behind it a graduated rod or tape with its zero level with 

 the seat ; he should sit perfectly erect, with his back well in against th< 

 scale, Then proceed as in measuring the height standing. The squa: 

 should be employed here also if the tape against a wall is used, 



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