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perhaps be arranged synoptically in the following manner, where
dark types are given, in proportion to light, letting light = 10.

Nationality	Number	Eyes	Hair	Complexion	Dark : Fair
Scandinavian . .	(6,782)	2 ∶ 10	2 ∶ 10	2 ∶ 10	2 ∶ 10
German ....	(89,021)	4 ∶ 10	4 ∶ 10	4 ∶ 10	4 ∶ 10
Scotch ....	7,313	4 ∶ 10	5 ∶ 10	4 ∶ 10	4 ∶ 10
English ....	30,037	4 ∶ 10	5 ∶ 10	4 ∶ 10	4 ∶ 10
Irish ....	83,128	3 ∶ 10	6 ∶ 10	5 ∶ 10	5 ∶ 10
North American .	544,000	6 ∶ 10	7 ∶ 10	4 ∶ 10	5 ∶ 10
French ....	6,809	9 ∶ 10	9 ∶ 10	12 ∶ 10	10 ∶ 10
South European .	897	14 ∶ 10	31 ∶ 10	36 ∶ 10	27 ∶ 10

Scandinavians, and with them Norwegians, are thus characterised
on the whole, as the fairest among the so-called white races, just
as we have seen that they are the tallest (after the Americans) and
the broadest.

For the last 21 years, it has been possible to find
anthropological data in our own recruiting statistics, which, however, do
not include the three most northern provinces. The results for
the last few periods of five years may be summed up as follows:

	1878-82	1883—87	1888—92	1893-97
Height (average of battalions)	168.8 cm.	169.1 cm.	169.6 cm.	170.1 cm.
Less than 158 cm.....	1.9 %	1.9 %	1.4 %	1.3 %
Fit for service (line) . .	52.0 %	58.0 %	65.0 %	66.0 %
Of weak frame	8.7 %	6.0 %	3.3 %	2.3 %

These figures show a constant and rapid improvement in the
physical development of Norwegians during this period. The height
has not yet indeed reached that of the Norwegian volunteers in
America in the sixties, but the latter were, on an average, older,
and growth after 22 years of age is without doubt considerable
(in a battalion observed to be about 3 cm. from 22 to 25). Full-grown
Norwegians are now, on an average, scarcely less than 172 cm.
(5 ft. 7 ¾ in.), and the Americans’ former maximum among the
white races is probably reached. The Norwegians in the most
northerly provinces are above the average.

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