98 THE IRISH PEOPLE. 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE HEIGHT, FORM, AND FEATURES OF THE PEASANTRY 

 OF MAYO, SLIGO, LEITRIM, AND THE ,FEWS. 



AT pages 27 and 28 I have printed the statements 

 of the Dublin University Magazine, of Breau do 

 Quatrefages, and Karl Vogt. I submitted those 

 statements to noblemen and gentlemen well ac- 

 quainted with those counties, and got communica- 

 tions from them, with leave to publish their views. 

 It will be seen by the extracts from their letters, 

 still in my possession, and by actual measurements, 

 that those people are about half a foot taller than 

 they have been described, and are well-built and 

 comely. 



99. Major Arthur B. Leech, well-known in connec- 

 tion with the International Irish Rifle Team, 

 writes: " Fitton House, Cork, 31st August, 1886. 

 Dear Father Hogan, I am very glad to have the 

 opportunity of helping you in any way to repel and 

 contradict the scandalous and foolish statements, 

 wherever made, respecting the peasantry of Mayo, 

 Sligo, and Leitrim counties, to which you draw my 



