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the Tyrolese, who in their mountainous habitat, despite the depress- 

 ing influence of their environment, surpass the Swiss, the Bavarians, 

 the Austrians, and the Italians, may not possibly be due to a double 

 ethnic source? At just this point in the Tyrol the Teutonic wave of 

 tall stature from the north and the Adriatic one from the south come 



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together. Thus an exception to the law that, other things equal, 

 the populations of mountains are unfavorably affected in stature by 

 their environment may possibly be explained. 



Turning back to our map of stature in Russia, on page 731, we 

 observe a distinctly lighter shading — that is to say, a taller stature 

 along the coast of the Baltic Sea. This is merged in the mediocre 

 stature of the Great Russians, a little east of ISTovgorod. Although 

 unfortunately our map does not give the data for Finland, we know 

 that a similar superiority of stature extends all across this province. 

 All the Tinns in this part of Russia are very tall. G. Retzius, Bons- 

 dorff, ITjelt, Eliseev, and all observers agree in this. An average 



Note. — This map seems to give average statures slightly lower than those of other ob- 

 servers, like Weisbach, Korosi, and Janko ; but, on the other hand, they are corroborated 

 by Scheiber, Majer and Kopernicky, and Zuckerhandl. In all cases the relativity of the 

 various districts is precisely the same ; it is confirmed by the maps for the empire by Le 

 Monnier and Mvrdacz. It seems to fit perfectly the results for neighboring countries, given 

 by Livi, Zakrezewski, and Anutchin. 



