142 THE IRISH PEOPLE. 



" A few men of small stature were met with, 

 and about an equal number of tall men. 



" The average height of the fifty men measured 

 was 1,721 mm., or a little under 5 ft. 8 in., the 

 extremes were 1,576 rnrn. (5 ft. 2 in.) and 1,838 

 mm. (6 feet.) 



" The shoulders are broad and square, and the 

 upright carriage of many of the men is very 

 noticeable. 



" The head ia massive and well-shaped, usually 

 broad just above the ears. 



" The forehead is broad, seldom receding, and not 

 very high ; the skin is often a good deal wrinkled, 

 even in comparatively young men, but not so much 

 so as in the case of the fishing populations. The 

 eye-brows overhang the eyes considerably, and are 

 thick and rather level. 



" The face, though often long, is rather oblong 

 in outline, owing to the breadth of the jaws in 

 the bigonial region. The cheek-bones are, as a rule, 

 prominent. The ridge or fold of skin at the root of 

 the nose is not as common, nor when seen, of as 

 large size as in the men of the fishing populations. 

 The eyes have usually blue or light grey irides, 

 seldom hazel or brown ; but it should be noted that 

 the percentage of 'light' eyes in adults, 78-7 (a 

 much lower figure than observed in any of the 



