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influence locality may have upon it. Except for special 
researches in connection with questions of Development and 
Decay, the adults examined should be between the ages of 
twenty and fifty years, or, still better, between twenty-five 
and forty-five years. They should not be picked out for 
their size or beauty, but taken indiscriminately with the 
view of getting a truly representative series of observations. 
The Schedule of Observations, consisting of a series of 
descriptive characters and measurements, which has been 
drawn up with the object of enabling the traveller to 
examine the external characters of the human body in a 
systematic manner is chiefly based upon Dr. Topinard’s “ In¬ 
structions but includes also, as far as possible, the views of 
other Anthropologists. 
J. G. G. 
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No. II.—INSTRUMENTS. 
The instruments required for the measurements scheduled 
in the subsequent pages are few in number and very port¬ 
able ; indeed, if occasion requires, most of them can be 
improvised on the spot, though measurements with such 
are not so accurate as when proper instruments are used, 
hence the traveller is recommended to equip himself before 
starting on his journey. 
The Traveller's Anthropometer , manufactured by Aston 
and Mander of 25, Old Compton Street, London, after my 
design, is perhaps the most compact and comprehensive 
instrument the traveller can procure. With it and a measur¬ 
ing tape all the measurements contained in the schedule 
may be made. It consists of a graduated rod, PI. I, fig. 1, A, 
2 metres long, jointed in three pieces with a sliding arm, I) E, 
and one which may be fixed at the zero end of the rod, B C. 
The one extremity of each arm is curved so as to form callipers 
the exact pattern of Flower’s Craniometer while the rest 
of the arm is straight, and terminates in a point. The 
rod being held vertically each arm, B and D, slides horizontally 
