-7- stated to be well-doing mentally and physically and she gave proof of this also. Little could be heard of the other members of this family who are married and have drifted into different parts, mostly London, but through conversation they appear able to hold their own successfully and to have no abnormal children. Let us examine now the father's side of the original family of 17. The father himself III 17 we have described and shown to be of the casual type of country labourer with no large share of intelligence. His father II i was a hay binder and died very old. Nothing else known of him. His mother II 2 died at 87 and apparently suffered from stomach trouble. III i-12 his brothers, are in similar employment but another brother III 13 appears to show indication of of something better and is a gardener. The husbands of the married daughters seem to be in good occupation. III 6 is described as a master builder, III 16 at the gas works. Beyond the statement of their marriage and that children exist little else is known to record. Perhaps if some striking mental defect had appeared it would have been told. Going back to the generation above - and again taking the mother's side first we find that her mother had a sister II 8 who went to America and was lost sight of. Her father had 2 sisters one of whom II 3 married and had a large family, the other II 5, a housekeeper, after saving money was killed on the railway and it is thought it might have been suicide. One the father's side and the family of his parents, nothing has been stated. Finally we come to the most distant relative I 4 a great grand- [end]