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races of Africa. From one to the other of these limits there is a 

 regular transition, which again points indubitably to racial law. 

 Two specific centers of tall stature appear, if we include the minor 

 but marked tendency of the Dalmatians and Montenegrins along 



Average Stature 



Inches Metres 



70 5-693 [m 1.79-1.76 

 69 3-68 1! I 1.76-1.73 

 681-669 



1.73-1,70 

 669-657*H 170-1.67 

 65 7-64 6 gg^ 167-1.6+ 

 64- 6-63.4^ 164-1.61 

 634-6ZzHH 161-158 

 6ZZ-6I0HI 1.58-1.55 



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the Adriatic Sea. The principal one lies in the north, culminat- 

 ing in the British Isles and Scandinavia. In Britain, economic 

 prosperity undoubtedly is of importance, as the level of material 

 comfort is probably higher than on the Continent. With this 

 exception it appears that the Teutons as a race are responsible 



