+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | | RIGHT HAND. || LEFT HAND. | | Digit. |-----------------------------------------------------| | |Arch.|Loop.|Whorl.|Total.||Arch.|Loop.| Whorl.|Total.| |-----------+-----------------------------------------------------| |Thumb | 3 | 53 | 44 | 100 || 5 | 65 | 30 | 100 | |Fore-finger| 17 | 53 | 30 | 100 || 17 | 55 | 28 | 100 | |Middle do. | 7 | 78 | 15 | 100 || 8 | 76 | 16 | 100 | |Ring do. | 2 | 53 | 45 | 100 || 3 | 66 | 31 | 100 | |Little do. | 1 | 86 | 13 | 100 || 2 | 90 | 8 | 100 | |-----------+-----+-----+------+------||-----+-----+-------+------| | Total | 30 |323 | 147 | 500 || 35 |352 | 113 | 500 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ The percentage of arches on the various digits varies from 1 to 17; of loops, from 53 to 90; of whorls, from 13 to 45, consequently the statistics of the digits must be separated, and not massed indiscriminately. Are the A. L. W. patterns distributed in the same way upon the corresponding digits of the two hands? The answer from the last table is distinct and curious, and will be best appreciated on rearranging the entries as follows:-- TABLE II. +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | | ARCHES. || LOOPS. || WHORLS. | | Digit. |----------------||----------------||----------------| | | Right. | Left. || Right. | Left. || Right. | Left. | |------------|--------|-------||--------|-------||----------------| | Fore-finger| 17 | 17 || 53 | 53 || 30 | 28 | | Middle do. | 7 | 8 || 78 | 76 || 15 | 16 | | Little do. | 1 | 2 || 86 | 90 || 13 | 8 | | | | || | || | | | Thumb | 3 | 5 || 53 | 65 || 44 | 30 | | Ring do. | 2 | 3 || 53 | 66 || 45 | 31 | |------------|--------|-------||--------|-------||----------------| | Total 1000 | 30 | 35 || 323 | 350 || 147 | 113 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+