CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE. I. PARENTAGE 1 II. CHILDHOOD AND BOYHOOD 13 III. MEDICAL STUDIES 22 IV. SHORT TOUR TO THE EAST 48 V. CAMBRIDGE 58 VI. EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN — (MAP) 83 VII. SYRIA 101 VIII. HUNTING AND SHOOTING 110 IX. SOUTH-WEST AFRICA — (MAP) 121 X. LANDS OF THE DAMARAS, OVAMPO, AND NAMAQUAS 138 XI. AFTER RETURN HOME — MARRIAGE 152 XII. "ART OF TRAVEL" 161 XIII. SOCIAL LIFE — (MEDALLIONS) 169 XIV. GEOGRAPHY AND EAST AFRICA 198 XV. BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 213 XVI. KEW OBSERVATORY AND METEOROLOGY — (METEORO- LOGICAL TRACINGS) 224 XVII. ANTHROPOMETRIC LABORATORIES 244 XVIII. COMPOSITE PORTRAITS AND STEREOSCOPIC MAPS 259 XIX. HUMAN FACULTY 266 XX. HEREDITY 287 XXI. RACE IMPROVEMENT — (GALTONIA CANDICANS) 310 APPENDIX. — BOOKS AND MEMOIRS BY THE AUTHOR 325 PRINCIPAL AWARDS AND DEGREES 331 INDEX 332 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Portrait. Frontispiece From a Photograph by Mrs. Bryan Hodgson Portrait Facing p. 59 From a Water-Colour Painting by Oakley. Portrait 244 From a Painting by C. W. Furse, A. R. A. MAPS AND DIAGRAMS IN THE TEXT Egypt and Syria 88 Damaraland 129 Yearly Medallions 196 Meteorological Tracings 237 Galtonia Candicans 323 Digitized by Google.

"Books and memoirs by the author": p. 325-331

First pub. October 1908, 2d. ed. November 1908

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