SELECTION IN MAN. 



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My results, if not striking, are curious. Thus, classify- 

 ing the deserters by their occupations, we have : — 



No. 

 England 8380 



Wales 700 



England and Wales 9180 

 Scotch 1733 



All Occupations -; Irish 2275 



Irish by name, born] 



in Great Britain 

 England 

 (later series) 

 Grooms English 



Butchers 

 Smiths, Carpenters, etc. English and Welsh 

 Clerks English 



T^ fEnglish, Welsh and 



Do. -i r. , 



I Scotch 



Tailors and Shoe- TEnglish and Welsh] 



makers 

 Country-born 



Labourers 

 Country-born 



Artisans 

 Town-born 



Labourers 



Town- born 



Artisans 



Irish-born 



Labourers 

 Do. of other 

 Occupations 

 English-born 



Labourers 

 English-born 



J 733 



!-35oo 



300 

 72 

 250 

 125 

 400 



425 



+ 5*90 



- 5'3o 



- 6'90 

 -h 6-6 



-f 2-4 



I birth and names J 

 r English (pure), 

 I largely from S.E. j 



Do. 340 



1 



i-IGIO 



-f- 10-2 



+ i3"4 



+ i-i 



+ 7 



English (pure) 550 -f 6-3 



Do. 



Irish 



Irish 



!■ Irish by name 



Do. 



300 



400 



180 



60 



65 



+ 10 

 - 3 

 + 15 

 + i6-6 



+ 23-1 



61-7 



7o"3 

 66-6 

 63-6 

 54"4 



597 

 57-8 

 6o'i 



58-4 

 64"3 

 59-3 

 74-5 



7o'5 



75 



75 



other OccupationsJ 



The index of nigrescence is gotten by subtracting the instances of red 

 and of fair hair from those of dark brown and of black, doubling the black 

 on account of its greater potency. Thus (2 Black -f Dark Brown) - (Red -f- 

 Fair) = Index. The brown are omitted as neutral. 



Examination of this table raises a presumption that 

 there is some kind of moral selection or natural bias, which 

 induces a certain number of the dark-complexioned men to be- 

 take themselves to sedentary and indoor employments, while 



