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Ayrshire, while the men of Berwickshire and the Lotliians 
are but little inferior to them ; the first being a decidedly 
Celtic, the latter a probably Anglian district. Looking gene¬ 
rally we learn that of the nine categories of adult males 
from No. 1, with an average of more than 5 ft. 10 in. to No. 9, 
averaging 5 ft. 6 in. to 5 ft. in., the three shortest divisions 
are confined to certain districts of England and Wales. In 
Ireland it is noticeable that the people of Munster and 
Connaught average half an inch more than those of Ulster 
and Leinster. In England we find that the average stature 
is lowest in Somersetshire, Gloucester, Wiltshire, South 
Wales, the counties bordering on Wales, Surrey, Middlesex, 
and Hertfordshire. This is what might have been expected 
when we remember the influence of the pre-Celtic Silurians 
in South Wales and the districts on its borders, and the 
numbers of foreign artisans who have long been settled about 
London. The tallest Englishmen appear to be found in the 
North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, while the West Riding 
people are among the shortest. 
Turning to the second map, which shows the average 
weight, we find the adult males divided into seven categories, 
the heaviest men (No. 1) being those averaging from 175 to 
180 pounds, the lightest (No. 7) those from 145 to 150 pounds. 
We find that Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are confined to Scotland, and 
that the heaviest men—on the average—are those of Celtic 
Argyllshire and Anglian Berwickshire, and the Lotliians ; 
the next heaviest being the men of Strathclyde and Perthshire, 
and then those of the northern Highlands and Aberdeen. In 
England and Wales the heaviest men appear to be those 
of Northumberland, north and east Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, 
Norfolk, and Suffolk, on the east, and those of Cornwall, 
North Wales, and Staffordshire on the west, who all belong 
to group No. 4. The heaviest Irishmen, those of Ulster, 
belong to No. 5, and weigh from 155 to 160 pounds. To 
•this group belong the men of South Wales, Cumberland, 
many of the midland counties, the people of the south coast 
from Devonshire to Kent, and those of Wiltshire, Berkshire, 
and Essex. Next in weight come the men of Connaught and 
