oA THEORY OF STATISTICS. indicate equally clearly the tendency to resemblance between father and son. Example viii. —Association between inoculation against cholera and exemption from attack, five separate epidemics (cf. Example v., data from Tables IX., X., XXVIII, XXIX,, XXXI. of reference 6). Not Attacked. Attacked. Total. Inoculated 192 4 196 Not inoculated . 113 34 147 Total . 305 38 343 Not Attacked. Attacked. Total. Inoculated 5,751 Cr 5,778 Not inoculated . 6,351 198 6,549 Total . 12,102 225 12,327 Not Attacked. Attacked. Total. Inoculated 4,087 5 4,092 Not inoculated . 113,856 1,144 115,000 Total . . 117,943 1,149 119,092 Not Attacked, Attacked. Total. Inoculated . 8,332 8 8.340 Not inoculated 84,444 556 85,000 Total . . 92,776 564 93,340 Not Attacked. Attacked. Total. Inoculated 4.870 5 4,875 Not inoculated 153,096 904 154,000 Total . 157,966 909 158,875 With the table of Example v. the above give data for six separate epidemics, in all of which the same method of inocula- Ra