NOTES AND QUERIES 
ON 
ANTHROPOLOGY, 
I 
FOR THE USE OF TRAVELLERS AND RESIDENTS IN 
UNCIVILIZED LANDS. 
PART I. 
CONSTITUTION OF MAN. 
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No. I.—MEASURING INSTRUMENTS. 
By Dr. BEDDOE, F.R.S. 
A. The following* are the instruments of precision recom¬ 
mended to be used by travellers who cannot burden themselves 
with much baggage:— 
1. Callipers. Index-callipers* accurately graduated, not too 
slender or elastic, to measure any thing from 2 to 11 inches, or 
from 5 to 25 or (better) 80 centimetres. 
2. Measuring-tapes of linen waxed or varnished, which is 
less liable to stretch than other materials. If not washable, 
several should be taken, as they are soon rendered illegible by 
the grease and filth of the subjects measured. 
3. Jointed measure of wood, at least 1 yard or 1 metre in 
length (double the size better), graduated at least to quarter- 
inches or half-centimetres. In this a longitudinal groove, in 
which may slide the vertical limb of a square, for ascertaining 
B 
