ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE CLYDE VALLEY. 



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years ago in a paper on the Scottish Eaces, 1 I published a table of the sizes 

 and shapes of hats supplied to Glasgow and London respectively by one of 

 the largest London firms of hat makers. The figures seemed to show that 

 the heads of the people of Glasgow were on the average larger and longer 

 than the heads of the people of London, and, therefore, approached more 

 nearly to the dolicho-cephalic type of the Teuton. 



Since the publication of that paper, three firms of wholesale hatters doing 

 a large business both in Glasgow and London have, through the kindness of 

 Mr. Stewart, Hatter, Glasgow, furnished me with their experience of the 

 hat shapes and sizes commonly sold by them in these towns. The figures 

 are approximately the same as those previously published, but the average 

 cephalic index is slightly higher. This may be accounted for by these firms 

 providing to a greater extent hats for the working classes among whom, in 

 Glasgow, Irish and Highland round-headed Celts are numerous. 



A uthorities. 



Thos. Towend & Co., Size, 61 



London, No. sold, 2 



Walker & Lenney, Denton, 4 



Pritchard & Co., London, 3 



Average number sold of 



each size in 9 doz. hats, 9 



Authorities. 



AVERAGE. 

 English Sizes and Ovals in 3 Doz. Hats. 



7 Ovals. 



4 



8 



7 



61 



7 



10 



8 



6J 



8 



8 

 8 



7 

 7 

 3 

 6 



19 25 24 16 



4 

 2 

 3 



9 



71 



'4 



3 

 1 

 1 



1 





 



AVERAGE. 

 Scottish Sizes and Ovals in 3 Doz. Hats 



6f 



Thos. Towend & Co., Size, 6^ 



London, No. sold, 2 4 



Walker & Lenny, Denton, 2 4 

 Pritchard & Co., London, 24 

 Average number sold of 



each size in 9 doz. hats, 6 12 24 



6 

 8 

 8 



8 



10 

 10 



8 



6 

 5 



6 



28 17 



7* 

 3 



4 

 4 



11 



2 

 2 

 3 



7f Ovals. 

 1 I 



3 



With reference to the foregoing table Mr. Stewart informs me that the 

 oval named above for Scotland Ifth is the ordinary stock oval kept by him 

 and that he often finds it necessary to elongate such hats as his Glasgow 

 customers have frequently rather longer and narrower heads, i.e., more 

 inclined to be dolicho-cephalic. 



Through- the kindness of Mr. Kirsop, Hatter, Glasgow, I have had an 

 opportunity of ascertaining the size of head of 265 of his customers, 

 who are of the middle and upper classes. The size and shape of 

 the head was measured very accurately by a hatter's instrument 

 called the Conformateur. I estimated the cephalic index of these persons 

 with the following results : 139 were found to have cephalic index varying 

 from 70 to 78 inclusive, and 126 had a cephalic index of 79 to 89 inclusive. 

 The average size of hat for these people was 7|. Comparing 10 of the most 

 typical dolicho-cephalic heads with 10 of the most typical brachy-cephalic 

 heads, I found that the former were larger on the average than the latter in 

 the proportion of 7Jth to 6|th. 



The high average hat size of 7|th in these 265 persons suggested to me 

 the possibility of some selection of the persons measured by Mr. Kirsop. 

 On enquiry I found that for trade reasons the small sizes of head were not 

 so regularly measured and thus the average is higher than it ought to be, 

 and does not correspond with the average hat size 6 calculated from the 



Proceedings of the Philos. Soc. Glasgoiv, vol. 28, page 11. 



