WHY WE MEASURE PEOPLE. g 



In Charente there is only one canton in which the mean 

 index rises over 83. In this canton of Chabanais is the 

 small village of Chassenom on the left bank of the Vienne. 

 It is interesting to see the old Celtic race here, preserved 

 with a relative purity, still grouped around the ruins of its 

 oppidum (Cassinodunum), where, compared with the rest of 

 the Department, it appears as an island surrounded by the 

 combined flood of brown and fair dolichocephals. 



COLOUR OF THE HAIR AND EYES. 



A statistical inquiry concerning the distribution of the 

 colours of the eves and hair leads to the following results. 

 The browns predominate markedly over the blonds. But 

 for a group of cantons in Creuse all the district should be 

 ranged under the brown or moderately brown categories. 



In the following table the numbers are in relation to 

 100, the differences between 100 and the fairs and the 

 darks represent the eyes and hair of intermediate tint : — 



On comparing this table with the map it will be seen 

 that although Dordogne has an absolute greater number of 

 blonds than Correze it is relatively darker, owing to the 

 fact that the darks are greatly in excess in certain cantons ; 

 in other words, Dordogne is more patchy and Correze more 

 uniform in the distribution of their hair and eye colours. 

 It is evident in using the word blond this term is employed 

 in only a relative sense. It is with this reserve and for the 

 sake of convenience that the term blond will be employed. 

 In the most blond group, that in the neighbourhood of 



