295), Boies, and McKim, all corroborate this testimony.

"Among the three or four millions of inhabitants of London, one in every five dies in gaol, prison, or workhouse." ("Heredity and Human Progress," p.

32.) All these defectives are prolific, and transmit their fatal taints.

"In a certain family of sixteen persons, eight were born deaf and dumb, and one at least of this family transmitted the defect as far as the third generation." ("Heredity and Human Progress.") A murderer was the son of a drunkard; of three brothers, one was normal, one a drunkard, and the third was a criminal epileptic.

Of his three paternal uncles, one was a murderer, one a half idiot, and one a violent character.