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stated for the several groups but no doubt its influence accounts 

 for some variation. 



When the Fihpino boys measured by Bobbitt (10) are compared 

 with those I measured, the difference in stature is in favor of 

 the latter to the extent of about 2 cm., after the age of 11 years; 

 at 10 and 11 the two groups are equal, and before that Bobbitt's 

 Filipino children are on the average 1 cm. taller down to and 

 including the age of 6. 



I measured only 11 Filipino girls below the age of 12 years, 

 therefore they need not be considered. From 12 years onward, 

 however, the girls measured exceed those measured by Bobbitt 

 from 1 cm. at 12 and 13 years, to 5 cm. at 20 years and over. 

 Not only this but Bobbitt gives the age from one birthday to 

 the next as of the preceding birthday, whereas I give the age as 

 of the six months before and after the birthday. For instance, 

 he gives all children from 10 to 11 years of age as 10 years of 

 age, whereas I give all children 9 years 6 months to 10 years 5 

 months as 10 years of age. His Filipino children are not only 

 smaller but in each group are six months older than the same 

 group given by me. 



The children measured by Bobbitt were of three sorts. The 

 oldest were about 75 per cent from the provinces, the youngest 

 were largely from Manila and the intermediates were about 

 equally divided between the two places. The majority of the 

 children I measured were from the provinces, except those below 

 the age of 10 years, who were all from Manila. Bobbitt did not 

 include children who had evidence of mestizo blood (Spanish 

 and Chinese) , whereas I included all the children as they became 

 available, regardless of race or color. A few were crosses of the 

 American white and Filipino: the differences in stature may be 

 explained by the greater amount of foreign blood in the chil- 

 dren I measured, although when the children from the provinces 

 are in the majority the stature is taller than when the children 

 from the city of Manila are in the majority. It appears that 

 European stock and rural environment may both increase the 

 stature of the Filipino. 



