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SCIENCE PROGRESS. 



races of Europe have almost all belonged to the dolicho- 

 blond type. 



Law of Distribution of Wealth.— In countries inhabited 

 jointly by Homo Europaeus and Homo Alpinus, the former 

 element possesses more than its proportionate share of 

 wealth. This law is connected with the last through an 

 intermediate one, viz., that great cities are generally found 

 in dolichokephalic or comparatively dolichokephalic regions, 

 i.e., in the plains ; and on the other hand is related to the 

 law of Ammon, because, as we have seen, the dolichoid 

 element tends to concentrate itself in the cities. The test 

 of this rule is tax-paying capacity. De Laponge has com- 

 pared the thirteen most dolichoid departments of France 

 with the thirty most brachykephalic. The latter are the 

 more extensive and thinly peopled : each group contains 

 about 10,000,000 inhabitants. I have abridged and 

 simplified his table. 



The excess on the brachykephalic side of the tax on land 

 (unimproved property) is due to the greater area included. 

 The dolichoid group is evidently the more active, wealthy, 

 commercial, industrious, luxurious ; financial needs are 

 greater, whence larger public debts. 



This table may be tested to some extent by the 

 following statistics from Italy : — 



