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Appendix I

AVERAGE HEIGHT OF MEN, 288 SERIES (see p. 29).

Number of
Subjects.
ETHNIC GROUPS.Height
in Milli-
metres.
LOW STATURES (UNDER 1 M. 60, OR 63 INCHES).
Africans.
38Akka Negrilloes of the country of the Monbuttus1,378
64Kalahari Bushmen of Angra Pequena, etc.1,529
Asiatics.
42Aeta Negritoes of the Philippines1,465
115Andamanese1,485
28Black Sakais or Menings of Gunong-Inas1,490
36Jakuns and Mantras of Johor1,535
25Ostiaks of the Yenisei (Turukhansk)1,540
33Pure Veddahs of Central Ceylon1,554
99Samoyeds (of Asia and Europe)1,555
75Kurumbas of Wynaad (India)1,556
58Irulas (Nilgiri plains)1,560
33Malé (Nayar and Arrayan) of Southern India1,564
32Japanese (workmen and coolies)1,570
95Annamese of Cochin China1,571
29Paniyans of Malabar1,574
26Cherumas of Calicut1,574
200Mal Paharias (Dravidians of Bengal)1,577
100Dravidian Bhuiyas of Chota Nagpur1,577
155Veddhas of Ceylon generally1,578
300Trao Mois of French Indo-China1,579
210Ostiaks1,581
45Solorese of Flores and Solor1,582
359Annamese in general1,583
457Mois in general (French Indo-China)1,585
2,500Japanese (1,260 of them soldiers)1,585
125Islanders of Bavean (between Java and Borneo)1,587
100Munda Kols of Chota Nagpur1,589
1,100Japanese of the upper and middle classes1,590
76Annamese of Tonkin1,590
56Laotians of Lower Laos1,590
76Sundanese of Java1,591
90Bhumij (Bils of Chota Nagpur)1,592
100Chakamas (Araknese-Bengali half-breeds)1,596
29Timurians (of the western part of the Island)1,597
Americans.
28Caribs of the three Guianas and Venezuela1,572
26Eskimo of Labrador1,575
139Yahgan and Alakaluf Fuegians1,577
50Mauhe and Mundurucus (probably Tupis)1,588
Europeans.
259Lapps of Scandinavia1,529
25Lapps of Russian Lapland1,555
126Vogules1,591
STATURES BELOW THE AVERAGE (1600–1649 MM.,
OR 63–65 INCHES).
Asiatics.
105Teneggerese of Eastern Java1,604
58Battas of Lake Toba (Sumatra)1,605
27Rotti Islanders (south-west of Timur)1,605
30Siamese1,607
100Kurmis (Kols of Chota Nagpur)1,608
90Maghs or Arakanese of Chittagong1,608
45Sumba Islanders (south of Flores)1,609
31Bugis of Celebes1,609
27Kulu-Lahulis of Nepal1,610
45Dards of Ghuraiz, Hunza and Ghilgit1,611
58Tipperahs of Chittagong (Lushai-Kumis)1,611
83Baltis1,612
100Santals1,614
25Southern Chinese Long-Chow (Kwang-si)1,615
80Javanese1,616
100Kharvars (Dravidians of Chota Nagpur)1,617
149Malays of Sumatra and Malacca1,617
500Oraons of Chota Nagpur1,621
15,582Southern Chinese (principally Hakkas)1,622
45Singhalese of Colombo and Candy1,625
80Kling Tamils born at Sumatra1,629
25Kothas of the Nilgiris1,629
296Kalmuks or Mongol Torgots of Dzungaria1,629
695Hindus of the province of Behar1,630
82Brahmans of Southern India1,631
26Nicobarese1,631
685Dravidians N.W. prov. and Oudh (Chero, etc.)1,634
1,443Dravido-Hindu castes, N.W. prov. and Oudh1,634
1,616Malayalim of Southern India1,634
142Hindus of various castes, N.W. prov.1,635
40Singhalese in general1,635
387Kirghiz-Kazaks of the three Hordes1,638
25Uru-Kurubas of Southern India1,639
100Karens of Lower Burma1,640
92Derbete-Kalmuks of Astrakhan1,646
117Cambodians (Khmers)1,648
64Tamils of Ceylon1,649
37Chukchis1,649
231Burmese1,649
Europeans.
4,220Jews of Russian Poland1,612
3,313Chuvashes (3,076 of them conscripts)1,612
100Permiaks1,618
119Votiaks1,619
6,607Sardinians (soldiers)1,619
1,200Magyars of West Hungaria (conscripts)1,619
247Jews of Kuba and Kutais (Caucasus)1,621
167,677Poles of Russian Poland (conscripts)1,624
6,517Volga Tatars (principally conscripts)1,627
1,210Cheremisses (1,141 of them conscripts)1,627
31,707Conscripts of German Switzerland1,629
500Corsicans1,633
132Austrian Jews of Hungary1,634
25Lesgian Udes of Elizabetopol1,634
32,024Sicilians (soldiers)1,635
2,532Conscripts of Italian Switzerland1,635
382Rumanians of Hungary1,635
61Jews (Spaniol) of Bosnia1,636
961Bielorousses or White Russians1,636
800Portuguese1,637
292Hungarians (conscripts)1,637
4,894Spanish Basques1,638
1,955Bulgarians of Western Bulgaria1,638
2,252Mordvinians1,639
890Lithuanians of Russian Poland1,639
1,355Ruthenes of the Plains (Galicia)1,640
1,771,948Russians of European Russia (conscripts)1,642
437Karelians of Russia (conscripts)1,642
100Esthonians1,642
2,000Jews of the Ukraine1,642
4,701Lithuanians of Lithuania (conscripts)1,643
1,831Gruzin Georgians (mostly conscripts)1,644
344,371Italians in general (soldiers)1,645
7,396Spaniards1,645
77,579Magyars of Hungary (soldiers in 1868)1,646
447,172French in general (conscripts)1,646
9,456Conscripts of French Switzerland1,646
1,483Mingrelian Georgians1,646
33,541Piedmontese (soldiers)1,649
Americans.
90Salishans (Harrison Lake, British Columbia)1,613
30Salishans of the Frazer River delta (British Col.)1,618
28Guaranis (Kamayuras and Anetos)1,620
614Eskimo of Greenland1,621
73Zuñis of New Mexico1,623
54Moquis1,629
85Eskimo of Alaska1,630
55Kwakiutl Indians (British Columbia)1,639
Africans.
50Mzabites (Berbers of M’Zab, Algeria)1,620
36Batekes of the Congo1,641
Oceanians.
31Aborigines of the island of New Britain1,602
67Papuans of German New Guinea1,608
156Natives of the Solomon Islands1,616
38Melanesians of the archipelago of New Britain1,620
40Australians of Southern New South Wales1,630
142Papuans of New Guinea in general1,640
STATURES ABOVE THE AVERAGE (1650–1699 MM.,
OR 65–67 INCHES).
Asiatics.
32Kols (of N.W. provinces and Oudh)1,650
108Hajemi Persians (principally of Teheran)1,651
792Armenians of the province of Tiflis (conscripts)1,652
40Badagas of the Nilgiri plains1,658
362Osmanli Turks (288 of them in Asia Minor)1,660
60Baluchis of Baluchistan1,662
60Khatris (Punjab caste)1,662
72Chuhras (do.)1,666
979Brahmans and other higher castes of the N.W. provinces and Oudh1,666
56Tamils of Southern India1,667
54Sartes of Russian Turkestan1,668
33Aissores of neighbourhood of Lake Urmia (Cauc.)1,668
74Kara Kirghiz of Russian Turkestan1,668
53Turkomans of the Transcaspian1,670
54Chinese of the north (Che Fu and Kuldja provinces)1,674
38Sibos (Manchu Tunguses)1,675
120Uzbegs of Russian Turkestan1,683
444Punjabi in general1,684
140Kurds of the Caucasus1,686
80Pathans (Punjab caste)1,687
155Tajiks and Galchas of Russian Turkestan1,692
192Armenians of Transcaucasia1,694
239Aderbaijanis of Persia and Transcaucasia1,698
Europeans.
59,761Rumanians of the kingdom of Rumania (soldiers)1,650
226Abkhasians of the Caucasus1,650
71Greeks of the kingdom of Greece1,651
140Meshtcheriaks of Perm and Orenburg1,652
2,012Saxons of the Halle-Mansfeld district (Prussia)1,653
61Gypsies of Hungary (soldiers)1,654
1,838Gruzin Georgians1,654
100Jews of Bukovina1,654
84,141Russians of Asiatic Russia1,654
35,416Belgians in general1,655
493Dutch of the province of Zeeland (conscripts)1,655
1,481Mingrelians1,656
2,865Imer Georgians1,656
1,003Lithuanian Jmudins (conscripts)1,656
31Gypsies of Crimea1,657
142Svane Georgian highlanders1,658
370Bashkirs of Orenburg and Ufa1,658
1,305French Basques1,658
231Crimeans of the south coast1,664
187Ruthenian highlanders (Galicia)1,666
20,509Venetians1,666
6,909Thuringians of the Saxon prov., Prussia (conscripts)1,667
60Slovens1,668
200Ukrainians or Little Russians of Kief1,669
200Ruthenes of the Bukovine (soldiers)1,670
200Rumanians of the Bukovine (soldiers)1,673
28Lesgians (Avars and Kazi Kumyks)1,676
22,979Karelians of Finland1,680
458Ossets1,680
1,220Swedes of the province of Kalmar (conscripts)1,681
80Tavastians or Western Finns1,682
44Kabards (Cherkesses) of the Caucasus1,684
9,345Dutch (conscripts)1,685
3,000Danes1,685
4,964Sleswickians (soldiers)1,692
89,021German emigrants to the United States1,693
741Inhabitants of Wales1,695
41Gypsies of Bosnia1,695
176Tatar (Kabard) highlanders (Caucasus)1,697
Africans.
32Arabs of Algeria1,656
28Mushikongos of the Congo1,658
1,103Berbers of Tunis1,663
29Abyssinians1,669
35Danakils of Tajura1,670
52Berbers of Biskra (Chauia tribe?)1,673
244Kabyles of Great Kabylia1,677
180Berbers of Algeria1,680
27Bashilange of the Kasai1,680
2,020Negroes of the United States1,681
863Mulattos of the United States1,682
28Bechuanas1,684
25,828Negroes and Mulattos of the United States (conscripts)1,693
Oceanians.
50Aborigines of Southern Australia1,657
65Australians in general1,667
233Australians of Central Australia1,670
52New Caledonians (Melanesians)1,673
72Papuans of British New Guinea1,674
58Australians of Victoria1,677
50Maoris of New Zealand1,680
Americans.
61Tinné of the S.W. (interior of British Columbia)1,658
32Hupa Indians (Tinné of Oregon)1,661
121Ute Indians1,661
26Bilkula Indians1,661
37Tsimshian Indians (Brit. Columbia)1,666
165Shushwap Indians (Salish)1,670
104Cherokis of the East1,677
74Comanches1,678
30Klamath Indians1,679
59Chicasaw Indians1,679
68Piute Indians1,683
57Cree Indians1,685
147Apaches and Navajos1,686
37Flathead Indians (Salishan Têtes plates)1,687
32Papagos of California1,695
71Sahaptin Indians (Nez percés)1,697
28Ottawa Indians1,699
HIGH STATURES (1 M 70, OR 67 INCHES AND
UPWARDS).
Americans.
111Indians of the south of the State of California (Yuma?)1,700
260Choctaws1,700
100Pimas1,703
21,645Canadian soldiers (chiefly descendants of French)1,703
76Cherokis of the west1,712
198Ojibwas of the south1,712
41Pawnees1,713
92Delawares and Blackfeet1,715
79Micmacs and Abenakis1,717
315,620Citizens of the United States born in the country1,719
29Maricopas of California1,722
1,413Ojibwas of the east1,723
612Siouans1,726
94Iroquoians or Iroquois1,727
517Indians of the United States (chiefly Iroquois)1,730
91Omahas and Winnebagos1,732
213Crow Indians1,732
53Creek Indians1,735
35Mohaves of California1,740
50Cheyennes1,745
Africans.
31Mandingans in general1,700
25Bejas (called Nubians)1,708
72Kafirs (Ama-Xosa and Ama-Zulu)1,715
56Western Zandehs (Mandjas, Akungs, Awakas, etc.)1,717
56Somalis (Eyssa, Habis, Awals, etc.)1,723
30Toucouleurs or Torodos1,725
62Wolofs, Serers and Leybus1,730
25For Negroes of Darfur1,730
35Fulahs or Fulbés of French Sudan1,741
Asiatics.
33Awan (Ghazikhan tribe, Punjab)1,706
97Sikhs of the Punjab1,709
29Gypsies of Russian Turkestan (Lulis, etc.)1,719
Oceanians.
25Polynesians of the Samoan Islands1,726
414Polynesians in general1,730
32Polynesians of Tahiti, Pomotu, Tubuai1,733
202Polynesians of the Marquesas Islands1,743
Europeans.
605Dutch of the province of Overijssel (conscripts)1,701
61Cossacks of Kuban (Little Russians)1,701
68Letts of Esthonia1,704
232,367Swedes in general (soldiers)1,705
1,107Serbs of the Kingdom of Servia (conscripts)1,709
763Bosnian-Herzogovinians (soldiers)1,710
6,194English in general1,712
1,489Finns of Finland in general (682 of them soldiers)1,713
325Dalmatians1,715
9,979Swedes of the province of Helsinghe (soldiers)1,716
8,585Inhabitants of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1,719
106,446Norwegians (soldiers)1,720
346Irish1,725
100Livonians1,736
1,304Scotch in general1,746
134Scotch of the north (Ayrshire, etc.)1,782
75Scotch agriculturists of Galloway1,792

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