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Brythonic branch of the Welsh and Cornish. It is permissible to 

 suppose that the absence of contact implied by these ancient linguis- 

 tic differences might allow of a separate modification of the Scottish 

 wing to the end we have observed. At all events, we have laid bare 



Blondish Anglo-Saxon Types. Yorkshire. 



the facts, even if we have pricked holes in the Iberian hypothesis 

 thereby. 



Enough portraits have now been presented to admit of a few 

 hasty generalizations concerning the facial features peculiar to Brit- 

 ain. To be sure, all sorts of difficulties beset us at once. It is 

 unfair to compare different ages, for example. The youthful coun- 

 tenance is less scarred by time. Nor, again, is it just to draw com- 

 parisons from different stations in life. In the same race the ex- 

 posed farm laborer will differ from the well-fed and groomed coun- 

 try gentleman. Strongly marked racial differences between social 

 classes exist all over the islands. The aristocracy everywhere tends 

 toward the blond and tall type, as we should expect. We may, 

 however, draw a few inferences from the data at our disposal, which 

 seem to be well grounded in fact. The most peculiar characteristic 

 of the Teutonic face, as a whole, is its smooth, almost soft, regularity. 

 The lower jaw of the brunette and more primitive type is apt to 

 be squarish and heavy, with the bony ridges above the eyes strongly 

 pronounced. This latter trait appears in nearly all our portraits — 

 Welsh, Scotch, or Irish. It is notable in the Cornishmen. In all 

 cases this endows the features with a certain ruggedness and strength 

 which is pleasing to the eye. Finally — for we have no space to en- 

 large upon the subject in this place — the nose in the Teuton is more 



