CHAPTER II

PREVIOUS USE OF FINGER PRINTS 22

Superstition of personal contact 22

Rude hand-prints 23

Seals to documents 23

Chinese finger marks 24

The _tipsahi_ of Bengal 24

Nail-marks on Assyrian bricks 25

Nail-mark on Chinese coins 25

Ridges and cheiromancy--China, Japan, and by negroes 26

Modern usage--Bewick, Fauld, Tabor, and G. Thompson 26

Their official use by Sir W. J. Herschel 27