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prevail, such as that for “eating dirt” in the West Indies? 
7. Is common salt, or any other mineral substance, used or 
relished ? 8. How many meals are commonly eaten in the 
day ? and what appears to be the average quantity of food 
consumed by an adult ? 
9. What stimulants or exhilarants or narcotics are in use 
among the people ? and to what extent ? 10. Are any sub¬ 
stances of this nature used which are not known in Europe ? 
If so, note carefully their mode of use and supposed or 
observed effects on health, and on capacity for abstinence or 
labour. 
11. Are there any prevalent diseases attributed or attri¬ 
butable to the dietary, e.g. scurvy from want of fresh 
vegetables or potash salts, ophthalmia from defect of nitrogen 
(as in a pure rice diet), gangrene &c., from use of diseased 
grain, paralysis from too much pulse, leprosy or skin-disease 
from too much fish or fish-oil, consumption from scantiness or 
poverty of food, especially poverty in fat? 12. Does the 
quality or quantity of food consumed vary much with the 
seasons? and do such variations affect the health and con¬ 
dition of the people ? 
J. B. and D. N. P* 
No. IV.—ABNORMALITIES. 
( Natural Deformities.) 
1. Albinism.—Is this common ? Are any causes assigned 
for it ? Do Albinoes differ physically from other people ? 
Plow are they regarded and treated ? Do they intermarry ? 
Are they allowed to marry other members of the community ? 
Examine carefully any specimens which may be met with, 
noting the colour of the skin, hair, and eyes. 
2. Hair.—Is Erythrism or red hair met with in the midst 
of a blackskinned population ? If so, note the colour of the 
skin and eyes. Does excessive hairiness of face or body 
(Hypertrichosis) or total absence of hair ever occur ? 
