APPENDIX D. 231
On comparing the entries, especially the summaries in the lower lines of the Table, it does not seem that the characters of near relatives' are treated much more tenderly than those of the more remote. There is little indication of the compilers having been biased by affection, respect, or fear. More cases of a record being left blank when a bad temper ought to have been recorded, would probably occur in the direct line, but I do not see how this could be tested. An omission may be due to pure ignorance; indeed I find it not uncommon for compilers to know very little of some of their uncles or aunts. The Records seem to be serious and careful compositions, hardly ever used as vehicles for personal animosity, but written in much the same fair frame of mind that most people force themselves into when they write their wills.
TABLE 2.
-COMBINATIONS of TEMPER IN MARRIAGE (percents.).
|
Tempers
of Husbands. |
A.-Observed Pairs. |
B.-Haphazard Pairs. |
|
Tempers of Wives.
, |
Tempers of Wives. |
|
Good. |
Bad Tempers. |
Good. |
Bad Tempers. |
| |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
2
- |
13
5 |
5
2 |
10
4 |
8
1 |
2
1 |
|
Good 1
„ 2 |
6
4 |
10
2 |
9
5 |
6
2 |
|
Bad .`..3 |
14 |
4 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
5 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
|
„ 4 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
|
„ 6 |
3 |
- |
2 |
- |
1 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
Good |
22 |
24 |
25 |
21 |
|
Bad |
31 |
23 |
30 |
2A |
The sexes are separated in the Table, to show the distribution of the five classes of temper among them severally. There is a large proportion of the violent and masterful among the men, of the fretful, the mild, and the docile among the women. On adding the entries it will be found that the proportion of those who fall
