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SCIENCE PROGRESS. 



Aubusson in Creuse, the blonds amount to only $y6 per 

 cent. — that is to say, one-third. 



In order to gain a clear conception of the distribution 

 of the hair and eye colours, it will be simpler to assume the 

 whole region as originally inhabited by a brown population 

 and then to follow the probable route of the blonds. 



The most important spot where the blond type is best 

 preserved is the east of the Department of Creuse, especially 

 the plateau of Gentioux and the upper basin of the river 

 Cher and of its left affluents. 



Fig. 3. The Distribution of Combined Hair and Eye Colour. 

 Excess of Browns from to 10, shaded ; 10 to 30, blank ; over 30, cross-hatched. 



The second relatively blond region has Limoges for its 

 centre. In certain spots the type is preserved with a re- 

 markable purity, particularly among the women. Dr. 

 Collignon was very much struck with the resemblance of 

 these to the women of Contentin in Normandy. It 

 appears that the blonds radiate from Limoges in four 

 directions: i, towards the north in the direction of the 

 old Roman road of Argentomagus and Avaricum (Argentan 

 and Bourges), later the route to Paris, that is to say, along 

 the road which united this town with the great blond centres 



