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point farther away from the anthropoid than does the Tasmanian. In 
columns 2 and 3 he also receives a plus 1 for each column, for the like 
reason. In column 4 he receives a minus 3, inasmuch as he stands much 
nearer the anthropoids; at first sight it might look as though the Yeddah 
ought here to receive a minus 4, inasmuch as he stands fourth down from 
the zero point — the Tasmanian; but it will be noted that two of the 
intervening objects, namely Briix, and Galley Hill, have the same breadth, 
130 mm., and we therefore regard them from an evolutionary standpoint as 
being in this instance on the same scale of evolution, and count them here 
as 1, which entitles the Veddah to his minus 3 as explained. In column 5 
the Veddah stands highest, four places more removed from the anthropoid 
than the Tasmanian, and therefore he is here credited with a plus 4. In 
columns 6 and 7 he is credited with a minus 1 and a plus 3 respectively, 
and thereafter occurs as an object of comparison no more. 
If these figures be added up it will be found that the Veddah has 
received 10 pluses and 5 minuses. The minuses are subtracted from the 
pluses, which leaves plus 5. This figure is divided by the number of 
observations made upon the Veddah in this work, namely, 7, with the nett 
result that the Veddah is credited with plus 0*857. 
This procedure has been adopted uniformly for every one of the 
fourteen objects of comparison. It will be noted that, although original, it 
is merely an adaptation of modern biometrical methods of analysis, and 
gives the following interesting though not conclusive results : — 
1. The nearest anthropoid . . . — 5 500 
2. Pithecanthropus erectus .... — 4*923 
3. Spy-Neanderthal ..... —2*961 
4. Gibraltar .......— 2*520 
5. Briix -1*708 
6. The Kalmucks ...... —0*875 
7. Galley Hill -0*720 
8. Briinn -0*200 
9. Tasmanian ....... 0. 
10. Cro-Magnon ....... +0*560 
11. Veddah ....... +0*857 
12. European +1*125 
13. Cannstatt +1*541 
14. Dschagga negro ...... +1*188 
As it is clear that our first attempt at a comparative method as just 
described, and which we may term the “ unit interval system of classifica- 
