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BIOMETRIKA. Vol. XIII, Part I 
CONTENTS 
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PA.aH 
I. The Fundamental Problem of Practical Statistics. By Kakl Pearson, 
F.R.S. (With two Diagrams) 1 
II. Correlation of Cephalic Measurements in Egyptian-Borft Natives. By 
Mter M. Obensteen, F.S.S^ . . . . . . . . 17 
III. Notes on tiie History of Correlation. Being a paper read to the Society 
of Biometricians and Mathematical Statisticians, June 14, 1920. By 
Kael Pearson, F.iR.S. (Four Diagrams in text) . . . . 25 
IV. Histological Examination of an Adult Human Albino's Eyeball, with a 
Note on Mesoblastic Pigmentation in Foetal Eyes. By C. H. "E^sheb, 
M.B., B.C., Camb. (Plates I and II) 46 
V. On the Inheritance of the Finger-Print. By Ethel M. Eldebton . . 57 
VI. The Inhabitants of the Eastern Mediterranean. By L. H. Dudley 
Buxton, MtA. (Plate III) 92 
VII. On the Probable Errors of Frequency Constants. Part III. Editorial . 
(One Figure in Text) . . . . , . . . .113 
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