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Ayrshire, while the men of Berwickshire and the Lothians
are but little inferior to them ; the first being a decidedly
Celtic, tho 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. 61/2 in., the three shortest divisions
are confined to certain districts of England and Wales. In
Ireland it is noticeable that the people of Minister and
Connaught average half an inch more than those of Ulster
and Leinster. In England wo 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 Biding
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 Lothians ;
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