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In France the average stature varies between 167-20 cm. and 

 162-60 cm. For instance : 



DEPARTMENTS STATURE 



DEPARTMENTS 



STATURE 



166-50 cm. Lot-et-Garonne 166-10 cm 



Alpes-Maritimes 166-50 Meurthe 166-40 



C6te-d'Or 167-20 Seine 165-80 



Eure 166-30 Tarn 162-60 



Haute-Savoie 166-20 Vosges 165-70 



Jura 165-00 



In different countries, the following heights have been found: 



/Whites 171 cm. 



Americans ( l ) J Indians 172 



(Negroes 168 



Annamites 158-50 ,, 



A , /Algeria ( 2 ) 165-60 



Arabs {Tunis (3) 166-20 



( French 165-80 



Basc l ues 1 Spanish 163-81 



r Cochin C h inese 157-10 



j Corsicans 163-30 ,, 



t towndwellers 174-60 



Scotch (peasants 179-20 



Spaniards 164-50 



French 165-00 



Italians 164-50 



Japanese 157-00 



Akka Negroes 137-80 



Portuguese 163-70 ,, 



European Russians '. 164-20 ,, 



202. Measurement of the Bust and the Sitting Figure. This 

 measurement is taken with the subject sitting on a stool 0-40 m. 

 high, so as to have the buttocks against the wall, the legs set 

 square, and the shoulders falling. A scale and set square are 

 used as for the height, and a deduction of 0-40 m. is made (Fig. 

 161). 



The span is taken with the arms fully stretched horizontally 

 against the wall (fig. 162). Finally the thoracic perimeter is 



() According to Gould (1869) and Baxter (1875). 



(*) The Berber average is higher 168 centimetres. 



(*) From statistics of 800 cases compiled by the author by the assistance 

 of M. Louis Chenay, Director of the Anthropmetnc Service ; the subjects 

 were from 20 to 45 years old. 



