140 THE IRISH PEOPLE. 



" The women seem to be more even in height 

 than the men. 



" The head is generally well-shaped and is often 

 of large size. The forehead is broad and upright 

 (rarely receding), rounded away at the sides, and 

 of fair height ; eye-brows thick and level. 



" The nose is short and has nearly always a 

 cheek-bones, and is rather broader in the bigonial 

 region than observed in either Aran or Inishbofin. 

 " The nose is short and has nearly always a 

 straight profile ; of the 62 men measured, 50 had 

 straight, 8 sinuous, 2 aquiline, and 2 retrousse 

 noses. 



" The wrinkles on the face are very deep, most 

 so about the eyes and at the ' root ' of the nose, 

 where there is often a raised fold of skin between 

 two deep furrows. The mouth is large, with lips of 

 medium thickness, often kept habitually apart when 

 the face is at rest, but the large hanging lower lip 

 is not so noticeable a character here as in other 

 localities of the west coast. 



" The teeth are usually very short and even. 

 " The chin is prominent, but not long, and the 

 angles of the jaw are rather oblique. 



" The eyes, which are placed moderately wide 

 apart, have irides of a light blue or bluish-grey, 

 and being deep set and (in the fishermen) habitually 



