In the pair 2. A. E. H. Hl., there is an interesting dot at the point ~4~ (being an island it deserved to have had two numbers, one for the beginning and one for the end). Small as it is, it persists; its growth in size corresponding to the growth of the child in stature. [Illustration: PLATE 15. FIG. 22. RIGHT FOREFINGER OF SIR W. J. H. in 1860 and in 1888.] FIG. 23. DISTRIBUTION OF THE PERIODS OF LIFE, to which the evidence of persistency refers. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | Age | | Age | Ages, 0--80 years. | |Persons. | at |Interval| at | | | |first| in |second| | | |print| years |print | 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 | |------------------------------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | H. H--d| 2 | 13 | 15 |----+-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A. H--l| 4 | 12 | 16 | ---+--- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J. H--l| 8 | 13 | 21 | --+----+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E. H--l| 10 | 13 | 23 | |----+-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |W.J. H--l| 26 | 30 | 56 | | | --+----+----+-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |R.F. H--n| 26 | 31 | 57 | | | --+----+----+--- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |N.H. T--n| 27 | 28 | 55 | | | -+----+----+-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |F.H. H--t| 27 | 26 | 53 | | | -+----+----+- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | W. G--e| 62 | 17 | 79 | | | | | | |----+----| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+