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Monster, and those of Durham, Lancashire, and Cheshire,
together with the inhabitants of the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Nottinghamshire, some counties on the borders of S. Wales
and on the north bank of the Thames, and part of Lanark-
shire. The lightest people appear to be those of Leinster,
Somerset, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, and
Surrey.
In the third map the distribution of adult males with light
hair and eyes is shown. They are placed in five divisions.
In districts coloured as No. 1, a proportion of more than 50
per cent, of fair people has been found, while—passing over
intermediate subdivisions—in No. 5 the average number of
fair people is only from 30 to 35 per cent. The results are
very singular. In Ireland, Leinster and Connaught are
placed in No. 1 ; Ulster in No. 2 ; and Minister in No. 3.
In Scotland the counties included in No. 1 are a part of
Lanark and Dumbarton, Kincardine and Forfar, Berwick-
shire and the Lothians. In England the three counties
with the highest average of fair people (No. 1) are Northum-
berland, Durham, and Gloucestershire. In No. 2 are York-
shire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Stafford,
and Surrey. No. 3 includes Cumberland and Westmoreland,
Wales, and the southern counties, Oxford, Buckingham, North-
ampton, Cambridge, Huntingdon, and Norfolk. No districts
in Ireland or Scotland are included in No. 4, but in England
we have Lincolnshire, Warwick, Worcester, and Berkshire;
while the counties with the fewest fair people (No. 5) appear
to be Leicester, Suffolk, Essex, Hertford, and Middlesex.
Next comes a map showing the distribution of adult males
with dark eyes and hair. The first division, No. 1, includes
the districts having less than 20 per cent, of dark-eyed
and dark-haired people, while the last, No. 5, indicates those
with more than 35 per cent. We learn that the districts
with the fewest dark people (No. 1) are Connaught in
Ireland ; Kincardine, Forfar, the Lothians, Berwick, Box-
burgh, Selkirk, Peebles, and Dumfries, in Scotland; and
Derbyshire in England. In Ireland Leinster contains the
largest number of dark people (No. 4), and in Scotland the