seems to be generally good breadth in the upper part of the head, and the cubic capacity, estimated by my method, is very nearly equal to that of the Cowling series. Dr. Rowe, dividing his material somewhat differently, owing to the difficulty of classification arising from the extensive and multiform crossing, made out the following figures for the kephalic indices : Leeds, Ripon, and York, all have a fair population, the lightness being, however, in the hair rather than in the eyes. York seems in this respect to exhibit the general type of the county, which indeed might well be anticipated in a kind of local capital, resorted to for centuries by people of all classes from all parts of the county. I have already given my impressions of the inhabitants of Leeds. and of Ripon. I may add that in all these places a certain variety of neutral eye, a kind of muddy light hazel, or light hazel-grey, seems to be very common. It is common also in some parts of the South of England, goes usually with light or brown hair, and occurs in Teutonic rather than in Celtic districts, where a dark grey takes its place. At Barnsley, or rather at Darton, Dr. Pearce found the heads of the villagers rather smaller and distinctly narrower than in Oakworth or Cowling or Calderdale. The surnames do not indicate much Norman or French immigration, nor the features much Danish blood. There seemed to be one very prevalent type, not conspicuous in Airedale, a rather long face, oblong but for the somewhat angular chin, probably Anglian, with a cross of the Iberian or neolithic. The colours, rather light, as elsewhere in Yorkshire, presented no striking peculiarity. I must again guard myself against the supposition that we place much confidence in the results of our measurements, the numbers being too small, even in Oakworth and Cowling. But they are numerous enough for starting provisional hypotheses. Those pointed to are, in my opinion: TABLE V. LENGTH AND BREADTH OF HEAD IN FIFTY NATIVES OF DARTON, NEAR BARNSLEY. BY DR. G. H. PEARCE. 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 Total : i ... 1 i 1111 ... 4 2 ii i 6 12 i 4 1 i 2 3 1 NOTE. The agglomeration of the items is due to my having translated them from English inches and tenths into French millimetres. (BREADTH TO LENGTH OF HEAD IN 200 ADULT WEST YORKSHIREMEN). 89 79 1 1 2 2 2 64 3 1 643 4 1 : 1 1 : : 3 3 ... : 。་ 2། ཅ། 4། 6། 7། ཅ་ 。 2 1 2 2 3 5 1 4 221 1 10 4 18 16 22 35 26 23 18 12 3 2 3 1 3 : NOTE. I reckon everything from 75-60 to 76-59 inclusive as 76. The table seems to indicate a tolerably homogeneous race, with possible remains, not quite assimilated, of the bronze or of some other brachykephalic (broad-headed) stock. The maximum (78, or a fraction over 78) is also the mean and the mode. 1 1 Other W. R... 25 |