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(d). Proportional Measurements. — The proportional measurements 

 are of some interest, as differing, in some respects, not only from those 

 of the Aran Islanders, but also from the accepted canons, and from 

 the proportions obtained by Quetelet, Gould, and others, in their 

 investigations on several European peoples. The stature is taken as 

 equaling 100. 



Pace. 



Here, as was observed to be the case last year, the proportion 

 borne by the face to the height is very great, the total face-length 

 being to the stature as 7-48 to 100 (the canon being 6-60). 



Nose. — This is not very constant in its relations to the body-height, 

 varying between 2-47 and 3'72, and giving an average of 3-30, nearly 

 exactly that of the French canon. It may be stated that the propor- 

 tion is less than three in only five instances, and out of the forty 

 measured, one only is below 2-80. 



Uppek Limb. 



iSpan. — This nearly corresponds with the average Irish proportion. 

 In every case it is greater than the stature, but in one instance is very 

 nearly equal to it. The average proportion is 104-95, thus testifying 

 to the length of limb. The extremes were 100-72 and 109-14. The 

 mean span of the Aran series was 101 -94, and that of Gould's series of 

 827 Irish soldiers 104-6. 



Hand. — This ranges between 10-76 and 12-08, but as a rule is 

 slightly below the French canon of 11*50, the average being 11-33. 



Forearm. — This section of the upper limb is subject to considerable 

 variation. On the whole it is long, but not to so great a degree as in 

 the case of the Aran Islanders, where it was 15-18, while here it is 

 15-03 ; this, with the greater proportion of the spaa to the stature, is 

 probably due to the burlier build of the Bofin men. 



(e). Crania. — In addition to the observations made on the living 

 subject, the measurements of a series of crania, the first ever put on 

 record from this island,^ were obtained at St. Colman's Church, in 

 Knock townland. As they could not be removed at the time of my 

 first visit, I was forced to measure them on the spot, and, as it turned 

 out afterwards, it was well that this precaution had been taken, as, on 

 revisiting the place some time after, in the hope of being able to obtain 

 some of them, I found that they had all disappeared, having in the 

 meantime been removed to some place of concealment. 



^ Since this was written Professor A. C. Haddon has read hefore the Academy a 

 Paper on some crania ohtained by him from Inishbofin : antea, p. 311. 



