318 Stature of the Men of Roxburgh and Selkirk. 



It is scarcely necessary to say that there is now a very 

 appreciable element in the population, especially of Hawick 

 and Galashiels, of incomers from other parts of Scotland, as 

 well as from England and Ireland. Of this the surnames 

 alone afford very sufficient evidence, and I may just mention 

 that, having paid considerable attention to this subject, I 

 found that, out of more than 5300 individuals, about 270 

 bore names indicating a Highland, 230 an English, and 60 

 an Irish extraction. Again, at the date of the Census in 

 1881, there were in Eoxburghshire. out of a total population 

 of 52,592, 3005 persons born in England, and 827 born in 

 Ireland (or about 1 in every 13); in Selkirkshire, with a 

 population of 26,316, there were 710 born in England, and 

 585 in Ireland (or about 1 in 20) ; and to these figures a 

 very large addition would no doubt have to be made for 

 persons born in the district of English and Irish parents, or 

 more remotely of English or Irish extraction. 



The following 



table shows 



the 



results 



arrived at 



: — 







Average 



No. 6 feet 



No. und 





No. of 



Height. 



and 



5 feet 5 



Detachment. 



Men. 



Ft. 



In. 



upwards. 



inches. 



Melrose 



208 



5 



8-97 



19 



7 



Kelso 



271 



5 



8-05 



16 



17 



Jedburgh 



118 



5 



7-83 



7 



1 



Selkirk 



268 



5 



7-71 



12 



13 



Hawick 



456 



5 



7-66 



14 



15 



Galashiels 



320 



5 



7-56 



8 

 76 



6 





1641 



5 



7-89 



59 



"Incomers," 161 5 7-70 8 12 



(Melrose 16, Kelso 20, 

 Jedburgh 8, Selkirk 22, 

 Hawick 57, Galashiels 38.) 



Thus the average height of the 1641 Border men is made 

 out to be, as nearly as possible, 5 feet 8 inches (5 feet 

 7-1% inches.) 



Perhaps the most striking feature in the table is the 

 superiority in height shown by the Melrose company — the 

 rural company — in which it appears to be 5 feet 9 inches ; 

 while in the four manufacturing towns (counting Jedburgh 



