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to 1884; but what were known as " separations de corps," or judicial 

 separations, were regularly granted. From data derived from the 

 best authorities, we have prepared the map on this page, showing its 

 relative frequency in different parts of the country. The dark tints 

 correspond to the areas where it is most common. From this map 

 it appears that marked variations between different districts occur. 

 Paris is at one extreme ; Corsica, as always, at the other. Of singular 

 interest to us is the parallel which at once appears between this 

 distribution of divorce and that of head form. The areas of isola- 

 tion peopled by the Alpine race are characterized by almost complete 

 absence of legal severance of domestic relations between husband and 

 wife. The correspondence appears to be defective in Brittany, but 

 this is largely because of arbitrary departmental boundaries. Savoy 

 and Auvergne certainly show infrequency of such judicial separa- 

 tions on this map, a social characteristic which extends clear to the 

 Pyrenees, in just the same way that the Alpine broad-headedness 

 occupies the same country. A narrow Mediterranean strip seems to 



FREQUENCY 

 DIVORCE 



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be marked off from it along the coast. The fertile valley of the 

 Garonne is clearly outlined by increased frequency of separations, 



in marked contrast to the highlands on either side. 



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