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the rural districts, and it appeared to him that this excess 

 could not be accounted for by the larger proportion of Jews 

 in the towns, as it occurred, though perhaps to a less extent, 

 in places where the Jews were few. 1 



The subject has not been so carefully worked out for other 

 parts of Germany ; but a cursory examination of Virchow's 

 figures shows that there is a larger proportion of dark hair 

 in most of the great cities than in the surrounding rural 

 districts, and this is more decidedly the case with the pro- 

 portion of brown compared to blue eyes. Of 32 urban 

 communities I find that in 



1 1 the proportion of dark hair to fair is greater, and that of brown 



eyes to blue much greater than in the surrounding districts. 

 4 — of dark hair greater, of brown eyes greater. 

 4 — of dark hair greater, of brown eyes greater in less degree. 

 2 — of dark hair equal, of brown eyes greater. 

 2 — of dark hair less, of brown eyes greater. 



4 — of dark hair about equal, of brown eyes about equal. 



5 — of dark hair less, of brown eyes less. 



These last are Halle, Wiesbaden, Krefeld, Ulm and 

 Metz, most of which are towns which have grown rapidly 

 of late. In the case of Metz the recent additions to the 

 population have been derived from the blond region of 

 Northern Germany. It may be noted that it is in that same 

 blond region, generally speaking, that the most marked 

 examples of the rule just laid down occur, 2 which fact 

 strengthens the suspicion that the phenomena are largely 

 due to the fact that the populations of these cities are 

 partly constituted by immigrants of dark complexion from 

 southern countries, including the Jews. 



In Schimmer's Austrian statistics this last source of 

 difficulty is avoided, the Jews being returned and classified 

 separately from the Gentiles. Of 30 cities separately re- 

 turned, 1 5 show a larger percentage of dark hair than their 

 surrounding districts, and 14 a smaller one; in the remain- 



1 Thus it does appear in non-Semitic Nurnburg, though it is much 

 more distinct in Semitic Furth. 



2 E.g., Minister, Hanover, Altona, Berlin, Posen, Danzig, Elbing, 

 Kbnigsburg. 



