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obtained, although probably not in Yorkshire. Dr. Beddoe was 

 travelling in Kerry with Dr. Barnard Davis and two archaeological 

 friends, and relates that ' whenever a likely little squad of natives 

 was encountered, the two archaeologists got up a dispute about the 

 relative size and shape of their own heads,' which he was called in to 

 settle with the callipers. The unsuspecting Irishmen ' usually entered 

 keenly into the debate, and before the little drama had been finished 

 were eagerly betting on the size of their own heads, and begging to 

 have their wagers determined in the same manner.' The valuable 

 aid of photography has not been neglected by Dr. Beddoe. Among 

 the cleverly-drawn heads depicted in his work, however, the only 

 Yorkshire types given are two found in the West Riding ; although 

 he figures a Scandinavian type from the Hebrides which resembles, 

 as we shall find, the North Riding type of which Captain Cook 

 was a representative. 



Let us now see what Dr. Beddoe's statistics show to be the 

 prevailing type, judging from the colour of the hair and of the eyes, 

 in certain parts of Yorkshire. The following results are extracted 

 from Dr. Beddoe's Table of Colour of Hair and Eyes from Personal 

 Observation. 







Eyes 





Hair. 





Eyes Light. 



Intermediate 



Eyes Dark. 



Index of 







or Neuter. 





Nigrescence. 





Per Cent. 



Per Cent. 



Per Cent. 



Per Cent. 



West Riding — 











Settle . 



53*4 



21*7 



24-8 



16 



Skipton-in-Craven 



57 



16-8 



26'l 



I3'2 



Haworth ... 



4 8-6 



26'6 , .. 



247 



1-4 



Keighley ... 



56-5 



I7-5 



26 



3-2 



Farnley Ironworks 



52-6 



I7'3 



30 



2'6 



Bradford ... 



56-1 .. 



.. i6-s .. 



27-4 



10-5 



Leeds 



52-8 . 



.. 15-6 .. 



31'5 



8-5 



Ripon 



55-8 .. 



n-6 



32'5 



2-5 



North Riding — 











Thirsk 



56-9 



14-6 



28-4 



77 



Whitby 



657 



• 9"4 



24-9 



12 



Maltoa 



60 



18* 



22 



20 



York City 



5i 



19-1 ., 



297 



8-6 



East Riding — 











Bridlington Quay 



60 



18 



22 



13 



Bridlington Town 





12 



18 



3'5 



Beverley ... 



65 



IO'2 



247 



12 



Hull 



58 



12 



30 



20*2 



It is necessary to explain what is meant by the Index of Nigrescence. 

 The gross index is obtained by subtracting the number of red and 

 fair-haired persons from that of the dark-haired, together with twice 



* I have added one-third to Dr. Beddoe's figure to make up the full number of observations. 

 .Aug. 1886. 



