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The analysis of this table yields the following percentages : — 



* From my observations on adult Cretans. In England a similar progressive 

 darkening of the hair is the rule (cf. British Assoc. Bej>ort,\&$&, Table XL, pp. 278, 279). 



This statement shows that the darker tints of hair coloration are 

 preponderant; also that the influence of age in this respect is as dis- 

 tinct as in other cases ; and the general rule as to the darkening of the 

 hair during the period from childhood to maturity is evidently followed 

 in this instance. For comparison with another instance from Southern 

 Europe I give a similar table for 100 school-children at Alhama de 

 Aragon in Central Spain. It should be noted that this table differs 

 slightly from that published by me in the Proceedings of the Cambridge 

 Antiquarian Society (vol. xiv.). The table there published has been 

 revised, and stands as follows: — 



Table III. — Hair-colour of 100 Schoolboys at Alhama de Aragon. 



In this instance (though the full details are not given) the general 

 significance is the same for Aragon as for Crete. But the depth of pig- 

 mentation is usually greater in Crete. Beddoe's ' Index of Nigrescence ' 

 is +25 (cf. Table XII.). I have no record of a case of red hair among 

 the Cretan children examined by me, and I recall to mind but a single 

 instance in either adult or immature persons in that island. 



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