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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



are generally known as Teutonic by descent. Or is there some 

 complex product here made up of both ethnic elements, in which 



RELATIVE BRUNETNES5 



BRITISH I5LE5 



AFTER BEDDOE "85 



1300S OBSERVATIONS 



INDEX OF NIGRESCENCE 



(DARK + Z BLACKHA1RED 



-FAIR AND RED HAIRED) 



EASTERN LIMIT of 

 GAELIC CELTIC 

 SPEECH- 



case the apparent homogeneity revealed by the head form is en- 

 tirely specious and misleading? As our mainstay in such matters, 

 cephalic index, fails us utterly, since both north and south are pre- 

 cisely alike in this respect, we must rely upon the other, albeit less 

 stable, physical traits. To these we turn next in order. 



A glance at the accompanying map of relative brunetteness 

 suffices to show a curious increase of pigmentation from northeast 



