114 1HE IRISH PEOPLE. 



we can compare favourably with any other country. 

 I have ascertained, however, on good authority, that 

 the men, from bad feeding and hard work, begin 

 to fail from about 40 to 50 years of age. I give you 

 the names, addresses, and heights of nine of those 

 harvesters out of a number photographed with me, 

 while I held an engineer's swelling staff in my hand. 

 I guarantee that not one was selected from appear- 

 ance or height, but taken as I could get them to 

 stand before getting into the carriage at the North 

 Wall, Dublin ; you see that the average is 5 feet 

 9 inches in their shoes." 



116. Mr. John Johnston, an ex-Constabulary man, 

 a native of Fermanagh, proprietor of Bay View 

 Hotel, Achill, Co. Mayo :" September 1st, 1891. 

 The North Mayo men generally are not so tall of 

 stature as the Kildare men, nor so big, soft or 

 stout as the men of Kildare, Fermanagh, Cavan or 

 Tyrone. Their average height is about 5 feet 9 

 inches." 



117. The Rev. Robert I. Hayes, B.A., Incumbent 

 of Achill, Mayo, ex-Curate of Castlebar, Mayo, and 

 native of Wexford County: "August 20th, 1891. 

 Comparing the people of Achill Island and those of 

 the Co. of Mayo around Castlebar with the people 

 of Wexford, especially in the barony of Forth, with 

 which districts I am familiar, I should say that one 



