200 IDLE DAYS IN PATAGONIA 



In the lower class no such difficulty appeared. 

 Here, in a very large majority of cases about 

 eighty per cent. I think the eye was gray, or 

 gray-blue, but seldom pure. The impurity was 

 caused by a small quantity of pigment, as I could 

 generally see by looking closely at the iris, a yel- 

 lowish tinge being visible round the pupil. My 

 conclusion was, that this impure gray eye is the 

 typical British eye at the present time; that it is 

 becoming pigmented, and will probably, if the race 

 endures long enough, become dark. 



