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(e.) Analysis of the Statistical Tables: — 



The variations in type in the inhabitants of the di:fferent parts of 

 the district are shown by the following Table, which appears to 

 corroborate the belief entertained by the people that the men of North 

 Inishkea are taller than those of the South Island or of the Mullet. 

 They also show the greater proportion of light hair in the islanders : 





Mullet. 



North 

 Inishkea. 



South 

 Inishkea. 



Portacloy. 



Number measmed, . 

 Cephalic Index, 



Stature, ..... 

 Proportion to stature — Span, 



,, ,, Hand, . 



,, ,, Forearm, 

 Nigrescence Index, ^ 



35 



79-5 



1704 



(5 ft. 7 in.) 



104-55 



11-34 



15-47 



62-30 



8 



78-4 



1727 



(5 ft. 8 in.) 



102-45 



11-04 



15-60 



7 

 80-1 

 1705 



(S ft. 7 in.) 



103-58 

 11-41 

 15-32 



12 



80-0 



1727 



(5 ft. 8 in.) 



105-65 



11-41 



15-57 



77-52 



10-5 



Though the people in all sections of the district are seen to be 

 mesaticephalic (if two units be subtracted to reduce the index to 

 cranial standard), yet in two, South Inishkea and Portacloy, there is 

 an approach, to the brachy cephalic form. JS^one of the men measured 

 in either place are dolichocephalic, and in most cases the cephalic 

 proportion inclines towards the higher index rather than to the lower. 



It would appear also that the North Inishkea men are shorter- 

 limbed than any of their neighbours, as out of the four cases met 

 with in which the span {grande envergue) was less than the height, 

 three were from this island. 



3. Vital Statistics {General and Economic) : — 



(a.) Population. — Erris is not now very thickly peopled, the 

 general decrease affecting the population of Ireland during the last 

 fifty years having especially affected this district. 



The census returns show a constant and steady decline since 1851, 

 the slight increases which have from time to time occurred in some 



^ Not taken from number measured but from nigrescence cards. 



