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ailed, in a sort of way, a type . The deviations from this 

 ype would then be produced by innumerable small influ- 

 nces, partly physiological, partly physical and social, acting 

 Dr the most part independently of one another, and result- 

 ng in a Law of Error of the usual description. Under such 

 estrictions and explanations as these, there seems to be no 

 easonable objection to speaking of a French or English type 

 r mean. But it must always be remembered that under 

 he present circumstances of every political nation, these 

 omewhat heterogeneous bodies might be subdivided into 

 arious smaller groups, each of which would frequently ex- 

 libit the characteristics of such a type in an even more 

 narked degree. 



18. On this point the reports of the Anthropometrical 

 Committee, already referred to, are most instructive. They 

 llustrate the extent to which this subdivision could be 

 jarried out, and prove, if any proof were necessary, that 

 ihe discovery of Quetelet s homme moyen would lead us a 

 ong chase. So far as their results go the mean English 

 stature (in inches) is 6 7 6 6. But this is composed of Scotch, 

 [rish, English and Welsh constituents, the separate means of 

 ,hese being, respectively; 6871, 67 90, 67 36, and 66 66. 

 But these again may be subdivided; for careful observation 

 shows that the mean English stature is distinctly greater in 

 certain districts (e.g. the North-Eastern counties) than in 

 others. Then again the mean of the professional classes is 

 considerably greater than that of the labourers; and that of 

 the honest and intelligent is very much greater than that of 

 the criminal and lunatic constituents of the population. 

 And, so far as the observations are extensive enough for the 

 purpose, it appears that every characteristic in respect of the 

 grouping about a mean which can be detected in the more 

 extensive of these classes can be detected also in the nar- 



