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These characters are best recorded by photographs of ar 
number of persons showing the face in full view and in exact 
profile (see Photography, p. 235), but should also be indicated 
as correctly as possible in the schedule. 
J. B. 
Further Notes on the same Subject. 
Proprosopic and Platyoprosopic are terms used to indicate 
whether the middle part of the face, between the level of the 
lower part of the nose and the upper margin or level of the 
eyebrows is curved prominently forward or is flat. In the 
first type the breadth of the face at the level of the cheek¬ 
bones appears diminished by these bones receding, or being, 
as it were, pressed inwards, and the face curves regularly 
forv/ard from the ears to the nose ; the latter is consequently 
prominent, and appears as a keel on the top of the arch. 
In the second the face is broad and flat in appearance, the 
cheekbones are prominent, and in extreme forms the side 
and front of the face are almost at right-angles to one 
another, the bend of the angle being at the cheekbones, and 
the nose appears as if projecting from an almost flat surface. 
Extreme forms of the first type are frequently seen amongst 
English people, while the second type is most marked in the 
Eskimo and some of the Chinese. Two degrees of the pro¬ 
prosopic type and two of the platyoprosopic are given in the 
Schedule, while the intermediate condition of face is repre¬ 
sented by the mesoprosopic form, of which the Celtic type of 
face may be taken as a fair example. 
J. G. G. 
No. VII.—DIRECTIONS FOR 
MEASURING THE BODY. 
Essential Measurements. 
1. Length of Head. —Measured from the most prominent 
