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result that runs counter to the commonly accepted view. The low 

 value in Scottish students suggests that here we may be dealing with 

 a considerable Gaelic element, characterised by dark hair and light 

 eyes. 1 



V. COMPARISON OF HONOURS AND PASS MKN. 



16. The next part of my inquiries is interesting, but will not 

 detain us long. Professor Reid has kindly placed at my disposal the 

 following figures, which enable me to answer the question : Is there 

 any difference between honours and pass men as regards their chief 

 cranial characters ? 



TABLE XIV. 



ABERDEEN HONOURS AND PASS MEN, SCOTTISH AND NON-SCOTTISH. 



Means of Characters. 



Note. 1st and 2nd class men represent those who have graduated with 1st and 

 2nd class honours respectively ; 3rd class includes those who have passed with 

 distinction in one or more professional examinations. 



. There are very few in the first and second classes, but I think 

 we are justified in concluding that there is practically no difference 

 between the pass and the honours men. Professor Pearson's figures 

 show that this is true also of Cambridge graduates ; 2 in their case, 

 indeed, the similarity between the different grades was even more 

 striking. 



1 See Professor Pearson's remarks in Biometrika, vol. iii., p. 461. 

 Biometrika, vol. v., p. 124. 



