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the graduated limb, will serve to measure the projections of 
the head, while the height of the body in different attitudes 
may be obtained by making the subject stand, kneel, or sit 
against a vertical wall on which a metre rule has been 
suspended one metre above the floor, or from the level of 
the stool, according to the measurement, and placing one 
limb of the square on the vertex of the head and the other 
against the rule. 
A light pair of callipers, a jointed rule forming a square, 
with a triangular indicator, and a folding metre measure, are 
supplied by Aston & Mander for making these observations, 
and are recommended when space and weight are considera¬ 
tions with the traveller. 
Topinard’s “Anthropometric Box/ 5 made by Collins, of 
Paris, contains all the instruments required by the traveller, 
and is to be recommended. 
Two or three strips of lead, 50 centimetres long by 1 cm. 
broad, and 2 millimetres thick, are useful for taking contours 
of the head or other part of the body, to be afterwards 
traced on paper or on the schedule. 
A set of photographic apparatus is most important, and 
every traveller should make himself familiar with its use 
before starting. See Section No. LXXVII, Photography, 
pp. 235 and 240. 
J. G. G. 
No. IV.—SCHEDULE. 
Of Observations on External Characters. 
Preliminary Particulars. 
No. Date. 
Sex. Age . 
Tribe. Locality . 
Language or dialect. 
General condition. 
(1) Stout. 
(2) Medium. 
( 3 ) Thin. 
