Feet, prints of, 45; ridges on, 57, 58 Fere, M., 197 Ferris, Major, 149 Ferro-prussiate process, 51, 53, 90 File, 63 Flexure, lines of, in palm, 56 Focus of eye, range of, 72 Folders;--inked, 42; smoked, 48 Foot-paths, 107 Forgeot, Dr., 46 Forks, 91 Fraternity, 16, 171 Frequency of error, law of, 19, 198 Funnel, 36 Furrows, not followed, 82 G----, Sir W., 89, 97 GENERA, Chap. XIII., 198; the nine chief genera, 6, 80 Glass, temporary prints on, 30; etched, 47; for lantern, 51 Glue, 48 Goldie, Sir G. T., 192 Granulations on rollers, 34 Greenleaf, Col. C. R., 164 Gulliver, 1 Gum, 48 Gutta-percha, 50 Hand, 23, 45 Harrild, Messrs., 36, 41 Hawksley, 42 Haycraft, Dr. J. B., 51 Head-length and breadth, 158 Hebrews, 18, 192, 194 Herbette, M., 168 HEREDITY, Chap. XI., 170; _see also_ 16 Herschel, Sir W. J., 4, 9, 27; instructions for printing, 45; data for persistence, 89; right fore-finger of, 95; official experience, 27, 149, 153 Hindoos, 152 I (or Inner side), 70 Identification, 147; _see_ Jezebel, 113 Idiots, 8, 19, 59, 197 Illusion, 66, 77 Indexing, power of, 14, 139, 167; methods of, 131; specimen of, 133; search in, 166 India-rubber for roller, 40 Ink, printer's, 37; for stamp, 45 Inner side, 70 Interpolation of ridges, 102, 104 Interspace, 54, 67 Interval, equally discernible, 65, 101 Islands, 92 Japan, 23, 26 Jews, 18, 192, 194 Jezebel, 113 Kensington, S., my laboratory at, 4, 35 Klaatsch, Dr. H., 60 Kollmann, Dr. A., 58 Labels, gummed, as for luggage, 48 Laboratory, anthropometric, 4, 35 Labourers, 59, 197 Lace, 9, 98 Ladies' hands, ridges on, 32 Language, inadequacy of, 172 Lankester, Prof. Ray, 45 Left and right, 70 Lenses, 72 Letters, alike when reversed, 71 Licked paper, 48 Linen-tester (lens), 73 Linseed oil, 37 Litharge, 35 Lithography, 43 Loops, 7, 75, 78; predominance of, 101; relationships of, 184; on thumbs, 200; typical shape of, 207 Lying Bob, 27 Lyon, 155 Mammalia, 60 Marseille, 155 Measurement of patterns, 82 Memoirs by the author, 3 METHODS OF INDEXING, Chap. IX., 131 METHODS OF PRINTING, Chap. III., 30 Mica, 47, 51 Minutiae, 54; ambiguities in, 91, 99 Monkey pattern, 18, 54, 77; ridges on tail, 60; Purkenje on, 86, 88; stuffed, 97 Morgue, 148; _see_ Jezebel, 113 Mould for casting rollers, 40 Mountain ranges, 32 Mucilage, 48 Mummies, ridges still visible, 97 Nail-marks, 25, 67 Natural selection, 20, 210 Negro, 18, 192, 195; cheiromancy, 26 Ngeu-yang-siun, 25 Notes, musical, 63 Oil, oxidisation of, 34, 43; for ink, 37 Orientation, 68 Outer side, 70 Outlines, 6, 69; followed with a point, 74 Overtones, 63 Pacinian bodies, 60