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er Face. — The mean for this raeasnrement is 4-1, decidedly 

 short, and almost the same as that noted in Grorumna. The extremes 

 noted were 3-6 and 4-6. 



JVose. — The mean for this proportion is 2-9, but the relationship home 



by this measurement to the stature is not at all as constant as is the case 



with some of the other measurements. The extremes were 2*2 and 3*4. 



SiTTZN-G Height : The mean of the 38 measurements is 52-, with 



extremes of 48-3 and 54-6. 



Span. — In only one of the cases noted in this series of measurements 

 is the span less than the body height. The mean for this measurement 

 is 105 '8, as in the majority of cases it considerably exceeds the 

 stature and is higher than previously noted, the highest figure up to 

 this being 105'7 in BaUycroy. The extremes were 99-5 and llO'O. 



The mean cephalic index was 79*2, or when reduced to the cranial 

 standard by the subtraction of two units 7 7 '2. It is thus mesaticephaHc 

 and rather high up in that class, thus presenting, it is interesting to 

 note, a strong contrast to the cephalic indices of the inhabitants of the 

 neighboui'ing islands of Grorumna and LettermuUen, whose index 

 (76*9 or 74-9) lies on the borderland of dolichocephaly and with that 

 of the Aran islanders, an evident result of the former isolation of these 

 districts and the consequent preservation and perpetuation of distinct 

 types by intermarriage only within limited areas. 



Of the 38 cranial indices obtained 18 were brachycephalic (80" and 

 upwards), 17 were mesaticephalic, and 3 were dolichocephalic. 



Face. — The face is relatively rather long for the stature, with 

 somewhat prominent cheek bones, and is rather broad in the bigonial 

 region, the angles of the jaws being strongly marked and prominent. 

 The nose is usually straight or slightly acquiline and is generally long. 

 The mean nasial index is 63* 1. The lips are of medium thickness, the 

 lower often hanging. The chin is rather square. The teeth are usually 

 even and sound. The irides of the eyes are blue, grey, or hazel, 

 seldom darker. The ears are small and weU-shapen, and very few 

 abnormal types were noted. 



Skin. — The skin is pale, reddening, or in some cases fi'eckling, on 

 exposure, but not "bronzing." "Wrinkles come early, especially on the 

 forehead and about the eyes, where they are numerous and deep. 



Sand. — The proportion borne by the hand to the stature is exactly 

 the same as that obtained in the case of the men measured in Gorumna 

 and Lettennullen the previous year, viz. 11-3, which is proportionally 

 very long. The extremes were 10 '4 and 11 •9. 



Forearm. — The foreaim also is long, giving a mean proportion of 

 15*3, with extremes of 13"6 and 16"8, 



