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breadt the pelvis between the external margins of the 
iliac < ts. 
T 1 aext four measurements are supplementary to the 
lengtns of the different segments of the limbs previously 
taken in the essential measurements, being direct measure¬ 
ments of the segments themselves. Their points of measure¬ 
ment are sufficiently defined in the Schedule. It is necessary 
to remember that they are vertical projections, consequently, 
while they are being ascertained, the instrument must be 
held vertically and parallel with the limb throughout its 
whole extent, and its arms lengthened or shortened horizon¬ 
tally as may be required to make them touch the points of 
measurement, which should have been previously determined 
and marked on the skin. 
J. G. G. 
2. OSTEOLOGICAL CHARACTERS. 
No. VIII.—GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 
Travellers are earnestly requested to procure, when 
possible, specimens of the skeletons of native races. 
The skeletons (including the skull) should, if possible, be 
sent to an anatomical museum, such, for example, as the 
Natural History. Museum or the Royal College of Surgeons 
Museum in London, or the Museums of the Universities of 
Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, or Dublin, where they can be 
examined by experts.* If the whole skeleton cannot be pro¬ 
cured, the skull, the three pelvic bones, and the limb bones 
should be sent. The skeletons should be kept separate, and 
the locality, race, and, if known, the sex, rank, and probable 
age should be written upon each bone in addition to these 
particulars being written on labels attached to each, lest the 
latter be lost or injured by any chance in transit. 
When the traveller is unable to procure specimens to 
* See page 2. 
