LOOKING-GLASS. 
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ESSAY X. 
On the Differences of Stature. 
ACCORDING to BufFon’s eftimate, the middle 
fize does not exceed five feet four inches, French 
meafure ; and he confiders men as tall, from that 
height to five feet nine. 
Women are generally fhorter by two or three 
inches ; and they attain their full growth fo much 
the fooner. 
Haller makes five feet five to fix inches the 
ftandard for the human figure in temperate cli- 
mates, where the conftitution is not impaired by 
a too fedentary life, or a bad habit of body. 
He likewife obferves, that in Switzerland^ the 
inhabitants of vallies are taller than mountaineers. 
Some of the former are above fix feet high. Are 
they to be confidered as giants; or where is the 
line to be drawn for fo calling them and others of 
equal nature ? 
A Finlander was exhibited as fuch at Paris in 
the year 1735. He was above fix feet eight 
inches. 
A Life-guard in the duke of Brnnfwiclds fer- 
vice, and Macreath who was fiiewn in Iwndon in 
176D, were both above feven feet high. 
A Swe- 
