STATURK — ■I'.VBIES. 

 Table shoicimj the order of snperiority in stature., &c. — Continued. 



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There are not many records of the stature of the natives of the United States 

 with which to compare the foregoing tables. In the abstract of the statistics of 

 recruiting in the Army from 1859 to 1855, prepared by the late Surgeon Coolidgo, 

 Americans are divided according to the States of their nativity. The tables just given 

 show in almost everv instance a, slight increase in the mean stature, l)y States, wlien 



