502 REPORT— 1897. 



figures are red 6, fair 16, brown 32, dark brown 24, black 3. (51 out of 

 82 are credited with straight hair, but the proportion is probably greater.) 

 The eyes are as follows : — blue 35, light grey 25, dark grey 8, green 1, 

 light brown 5, dark brown 8. Only a few (15) are stated to have 

 prominent cheek bones. The nose is straight, with a slight tendency to 

 sinuosity. The ears are flat with distinct lobes. 



The average cephalic index is 77'4, varying between 70-3 and 82-6. No 

 deduction has been made to reduce it to the cranial index of the skull. 

 The average length-height index is 66"8, and the breadth-height index 

 86 '9. The average upper facial index 49, and the nasal index 60 "4. 



Wo7nen. 



The average height of the women is 1600 mm. (5 ft. 3 in.), the maximum 

 being 1710 (5 ft. 7J in.) and the minimum 1423 mm. (4 ft. 8 in.) The 

 Kirkcudbrightshire women are somewhat shorter (1578 mm. — 5 ft. 2 in. ) than 

 the Wigtonshire women (1621 mm. — 5 ft. 3|), though this is not the case 

 with the men, but the numbers are insufficient to lay any stress on this fact. 

 The skin is usually ruddy. The colour of the hair varies more than 

 among the men. Thus for Wigton the figures are — red 3, fair 5, brown 4, 

 dark brown 5, black 4 ; and for Kirkcudbright, red 1, fair 1, brown 8, dark 

 brown 3, black 0. It is generally straight. The eyes are as follows : — 

 Wigton : Blue 6, light grey 2, dark grey 3, green 0, light brown 2, dark 

 brown 8. Kirkcudbright : Blue 3, light grey 5, dark grey 1 , green 0, light 

 brown 2, dark brown 1. Thus the Wigtonshire women are somewhat 

 darker than those of Kirkcudbrightshire. The other facial features 

 resemble those of the men. 



The average cephalic index is 78-4, varying between 71 "5 and 88'5. 

 The average length-height index is 68, and the average breadth-height 

 index 87 ; that of the Wigtonshire women is 88'4, and that of the 

 Kirkcudbrightshire is 85-7, as the breadth is precisely the same in both 

 instances (147 mm.) ; the difference in the index is due to the average 

 height of the cranium being greater in the Wigton (130 mm.) than in the 

 Kirkcudbright (126mm.) women. The upper facial index is 47, and the nasal 

 index 61 '2. Thus, besides being slightly more brachy-cephalic, or rather 

 less dolicho-cephalic than the men, the Galloway women have relatively 

 broader faces and wider nostrils. 



The tables upon which this abstract is based have been handed to the 

 Anthropological Institute for publication. 



The district surveyed by Dr. Gregor is of especial interest, as it is. 

 included in the country of the ancient Picts, a people concerning whose 

 affinities various theories have been made. When the Ethnographical 

 Survey of Great Britain and Ireland was originated, it was intended that 

 this should be one of the first problems to be attacked. A comparison 

 with the results obtained from other areas formerly inhabited by the Picts 

 will show whether the above-described type is mainly that of the Picts, 

 or whether it is a composite type, which will require a finer analysis. 

 However this may be, we have at least advanced a definite stage towards 

 the solution of this important historical and anthropological problem. Dr. 

 Beddoe's ' The Races of Britain,' p. 249, should be consulted on this sub- 

 ject. 



