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live in the eastern part of the country have still shorter heads with an average
index exceeding 82. Among the Finnish race«groups in Finland the Kävnerians
show the most brachycephalic types, their average index is considerably over 82,
and among them can be met, numerous individuals, whose index exceeds 85.

Lastly we give here the numbers respecting the colour characteristics according
to Westerlund. (Relative numbers.)

SWEDES.

Province Colour of the eyes Colour of the hair
blue grey mixed brown light cendré brown black red
Åland and Finland proper 53.92 31.32 9.03 5.72 19.28 34.34 41.57 4.51 0.30
Nyland 48 51 31.71 1 1.92 7.86 20.05 36.31 36.59 6.50 0.54
S. österbotton 53.65 28.63 10.45 7.17 1500 31.82 38.64 12.73 1.82

FINNS.

Province Colour of the eyes Colour of the hair
blue grey mixed brown light cendré brown black red
Finland proper 45.63 37.47 11.20 5.72 15.48 49.89 30.35 3.67 0.61
Satakunta 45.51 35.25 10.43 8.71 18.53 42.63 33.26 3.% 1.62
Tavastland 46.63 33.83 11.86 7.68 18.87 38.14 36.39 5.66 0.94
Nyland 46.18 33.67 14.25 5.90 19.90 42.26 30.% 4.67 2.21
S. österbotton 52.98 28.52 11.95 6.55 19.27 32.18 58.73 9.25 0.57
Savolax 42.li 34 14 18.20 5.55 18.78 30.26 39.26 2.56 0.14
Karelen 40.34 32.82 18.89 7.95 15.62 34.10 45.60 3.83 0.85
N. Österbotton 42.17 29.63 19.09 9.ii 13.32 41.06 35.63 9.21 0.78

As can be seen from the tables, the two races of people living in Finland
differ regarding the colour of the eyes and hair to a very small degree from each
other. Among the Swedes we find blue eyes in about 52 %, and grey eyes in
about 30 %, or light eyes therefore in more than 80 %. Among the Finns we
meet identically the same percentage: blue eyes in about 45 %, grey eyes in about
33 %, together therefore light eyes in 78 %. The least number of brown eyes
among the Swedes we find among the inhabitants of Åland and Finland proper,
among the Finns the least number is found among the inhabitants of Finland
proper and Nyland, where the mixture with the Germanic element has been grea*
test. The greatest percentage of brown eyes is found with the Kävnerians in North
Österbotton but even among these it is less than 10 %. The colour of the hair
shows a similiar correspondence: in the Swedes there are 18.5 per cent having light
hair, and 34.5 % with cendré hair, or taken together 53 % with fair hair, in the
Finns there are 17 % with light hair and 40 % with cendré hair, or taken toge«
ther 57 % having fair hair.

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