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stature indicated vertically below on the base line. 

 All three curves overlap, but it is clear that the 

 Sardinians are preponderatingly short, the Scots pre- 

 ponderatingly tall, and the Ligurians intermediate. 

 The second diagram deals with cranial indices taken 

 from a very large number of individuals. The hori- 

 zontal line is graduated for cranial indices passing 



Cephalic 69 71 

 Index 



73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 



Sedation of Cephalic Index. 



Lombardy, 36,202 men ; Sicily, 32,526 men; All Italy, 294,271 men. 



(After Livi and Ripley.) 



from long-headedness on the left to round-headedness 

 on the right. The vertical scale, as in the previous 

 case, shows the percentages of individuals. The 

 curve to the left is taken from the skulls of 32,526 

 Sicilian males and has a high peak on the dolicho- 



