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probably of the same racial stock as the Scotch ; 8 were bom in British 

 dependencies. 



The majority of both sexes measured were town dwellers, 69 per cent, 

 of the males and 11 per cent, of the females being townspeople ; while 31 

 per cent, of the former and 27 per cent, of the latter had lived their lives 

 in the country. 



It may be stated that residents of smaller towns were classed as 

 country dwellers ; only those who had lived the greater part of their lives 

 in large towns or cities were included as town dwellers. 



Occupation. — The larger proportion of the males were engaged in 

 professional pursuits. 



Colour of Eyes. — The colour of the iris has been classified under the 

 three categories, light, medium, dark. 



In the males 58 per cent, had light eyes, 16 per cent, medium, and 

 26 per cent. dark. 



In the females 57 per cent, had light eyes, 27 per cent, medium, and 

 16 per cent. dark. 



Colour of Hair. — Dividing the colour of the hair into the divisions 

 light, medium, and dark — including red in the light group, dark brown 

 and black in the dark group, and omitting all cases of grey hair due to 

 senile or other changes — 31 per cent, of the males had light hair, 47 per 

 cent, medium, and 22 per cent, dark ; while in the females the percentages 

 were 22 light, 37 medium, and 41 dark. 



The above table gives the various combinations of colour of eyes and 

 hair met with. The top headings (light, medium, and dark) refer to the 

 colour of the eyes, while the letter headings (L., M., D.) refer to the 

 colour of the hair. The numbers in the table show the frequency in 

 which the several combinations occurred. 



Profile Curve of Nose. — The outline of the nose as seen in profile 

 was straight in 76 per cent, of the males and in 73 per cent, of the 

 females ; it was of the concave variety in 5 per cent, of the males and in 

 10 per cent, of the females ; in 18 per cent, of the males and in 16 per 

 cent, of the females one or other of the three forms of convex variety 

 occurred. Of these the sinuous form occurred in 11 per cent, of the 

 males and in 8 per cent, of the females, the aquiline in 3'6 per cent, of 

 the males and in 2 per cent, of the females, and the high-bridged in 3"6 

 per cent, of the males and in 6"1 per cent, of the females. Illustrations 

 of these varieties of form of the nasal profile are to be found in ' Notes 

 and Queries on Anthropology,' Plate IV. (2nd edition), which was used 

 in recording the observations. 



Measurements. 



1. Height wJien Standing. — For the sake of convenience persons were 

 measured with their boots or shoes on their feet, but to ascertain their 

 ai;tual height the thickness of the heel was also measured and deducted 



