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Proceedings of the Royal Society 
find that the greatest height registered for a man was 5 feet 1 J inch, 
lowest height, 4 feet 7J inches, giving a mean of 4 feet 1043 inches 
for men’s height. 
The heaviest man measured was 117 lbs., the lightest 92, giving 
a mean of 10T4 lbs. for men’s weight. 
Men. 
Women. 
No. 
Weight in 
Height. 
No. 
Weight in 
Height. 
lbs. 
Feet. 
Inches. 
lbs. 
Feet. 
Inches. 
1 
117 
5 
1 
94 
4 
5 
2 
112 
4 
114 
2 
103 
4 
7 
3 
106 
4 
iH 
3 
96 
4 
7 
4 
106 
4 
Hi 
4 
91 
i 4 
6 
5 
95 
4 
94 
5 
93 
4 
5 
6 
100 
4 
10 
6 
102 
4 
4 
7 
92 
4 
8 
7 
89 
4 
5 
8 
96 
4 
10 
8 
85 
4 
4 
9 
97 
4 
84 
9 
92 
4 
7 
10 
98 
4 
11 
10 
96 
4 
34 
11 
94 
4 
8 
11 
126 
4 
9 
12 
90 
4 
74 
12 
103 
4 
6 
13 
109 
5 
14 
13 
120 
1 4 
84 
14 
93 
5 
14 
94 
4 
64 
15 
114 
5 
15 
96 
I 4 
7 1 
Among the women the tallest was 4 feet 9 inches, and the shortest 
4 feet 3J inches; giving a mean height for them of 4 feet 6*03 inches. 
The heaviest woman weighed 126 lbs., and the lightest 85 lbs., 
giving a mean weight for these of 98*6 lbs. 
The men are somewhat athletic and symmetrical in build, with 
fairly good chests and general muscular development. 
The women are very ungainly ; they undergo large development 
about the hips and abdomen. The latter becomes in any woman 
after 18 years of age very protuberant. This condition, I should 
think, is induced partly by the complete absence of any proper 
abdominal support during the period of pregnancy, and is partly due 
to the distension their stomachs undergo habitually after food. From 
childhood they cram their stomachs with an immense amount of 
bulky food in a short period, and they do literally “ swell visibly” 
after their meals. This distended abdominal condition is noticeable 
in children of both sexes, but as the lads grow up they take more 
exercise, and their abdominal as well as other muscles become 
