Chapter XXVII: Appendix: I

AVERAGE HEIGHT OF MEN, 288 SERIES

(see p. 29).

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| | Height
Number of | ETHNIC GROUPS. |in Milli-
Subjects. | |metres.
----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------
| |
| LOW STATURES (UNDER 1 M. 60, OR 63 INCHES). |
| |
| _Africans_. |
| |
38 | Akka Negrilloes of the country of the |
| Monbuttus | 1,378
64 | Kalahari Bushmen of Angra Pequena, etc. | 1,529
| |
| _Asiatics_. |
| |
42 | Aeta Negritoes of the Philippines | 1,465
115 | Andamanese | 1,485
28 | Black Sakais or Menings of Gunong-Inas | 1,490
36 | Jakuns and Mantras of Johor | 1,535
25 | Ostiaks of the Yenisei (Turukhansk) | 1,540
33 | Pure Veddahs of Central Ceylon | 1,554
99 | Samoyeds (of Asia and Europe) | 1,555
75 | Kurumbas of Wynaad (India) | 1,556
58 | Irulas (Nilgiri plains) | 1,560
33 | Malé (Nayar and Arrayan) of Southern India | 1,564
32 | Japanese (workmen and coolies) | 1,570
95 | Annamese of Cochin China | 1,571
29 | Paniyans of Malabar | 1,574
26 | Cherumas of Calicut | 1,574
200 | Mal Paharias (Dravidians of Bengal) | 1,577
100 | Dravidian Bhuiyas of Chota Nagpur | 1,577
155 | Veddhas of Ceylon generally | 1,578
300 | Trao Mois of French Indo-China | 1,579
210 | Ostiaks | 1,581
45 | Solorese of Flores and Solor | 1,582
359 | Annamese in general | 1,583
457 | Mois in general (French Indo-China) | 1,585
2,500 | Japanese (1,260 of them soldiers) | 1,585
125 | Islanders of Bavean (between Java and Borneo) | 1,587
100 | Munda Kols of Chota Nagpur | 1,589
1,100 | Japanese of the upper and middle classes | 1,590
76 | Annamese of Tonkin | 1,590
56 | Laotians of Lower Laos | 1,590
76 |Sundanese of Java | 1,591
90 |Bhumij (Bils of Chota Nagpur) | 1,592
100 |Chakamas (Araknese-Bengali half-breeds) | 1,596
29 |Timurians (of the western part of the Island) | 1,597
| |
| _Americans_. |
| |
28 |Caribs of the three Guianas and Venezuela | 1,572
26 |Eskimo of Labrador | 1,575
139 |Yahgan and Alakaluf Fuegians | 1,577
50 |Mauhe and Mundurucus (probably Tupis) | 1,588
| |
| _Europeans_. |
| |
259 |Lapps of Scandinavia | 1,529
25 |Lapps of Russian Lapland | 1,555
126 |Vogules | 1,591
| |
| STATURES BELOW THE AVERAGE (1600-1649 MM.,|
| OR 63-65 INCHES). |
| |
| _Asiatics_. |
| |
105 |Teneggerese of Eastern Java | 1,604
58 |Battas of Lake Toba (Sumatra) | 1,605
27 |Rotti Islanders (south-west of Timur) | 1,605
30 |Siamese | 1,607
100 |Kurmis (Kols of Chota Nagpur) | 1,608
90 |Maghs or Arakanese of Chittagong | 1,608
45 |Sumba Islanders (south of Flores) | 1,609
31 |Bugis of Celebes | 1,609
27 |Kulu-Lahulis of Nepal | 1,610
45 |Dards of Ghuraiz, Hunza and Ghilgit | 1,611
58 |Tipperahs of Chittagong (Lushai-Kumis) | 1,611
83 |Baltis | 1,612
100 |Santals | 1,614
25 |Southern Chinese Long-Chow (Kwang-si) | 1,615
80 |Javanese | 1,616
100 |Kharvars (Dravidians of Chota Nagpur) | 1,617
149 |Malays of Sumatra and Malacca | 1,617
500 |Oraons of Chota Nagpur | 1,621
15,582 |Southern Chinese (principally Hakkas) | 1,622
45 |Singhalese of Colombo and Candy | 1,625
80 |Kling Tamils born at Sumatra | 1,629
25 |Kothas of the Nilgiris | 1,629
296 |Kalmuks or Mongol Torgots of Dzungaria | 1,629
695 |Hindus of the province of Behar | 1,630
82 |Brahmans of Southern India | 1,631
26 |Nicobarese | 1,631
685 |Dravidians N.W. prov. and Oudh (Chero, etc.) | 1,634
1,443 |Dravido-Hindu castes, N.W. prov. and Oudh | 1,634
1,616 |Malayalim of Southern India | 1,634
142 | Hindus of various castes, N.W. prov. | 1,635
40 | Singhalese in general | 1,635
387 | Kirghiz-Kazaks of the three Hordes | 1,638
25 | Uru-Kurubas of Southern India | 1,639
100 | Karens of Lower Burma | 1,640
92 | Derbete-Kalmuks of Astrakhan | 1,646
117 | Cambodians (Khmers) | 1,648
64 | Tamils of Ceylon | 1,649
37 | Chukchis | 1,649
231 | Burmese | 1,649
| |
| _Europeans_. |
| |
4,220 | Jews of Russian Poland | 1,612
3,313 | Chuvashes (3,076 of them conscripts) | 1,612
100 | Permiaks | 1,618
119 | Votiaks | 1,619
6,607 | Sardinians (soldiers) | 1,619
1,200 | Magyars of West Hungaria (conscripts) | 1,619
247 | Jews of Kuba and Kutais (Caucasus) | 1,621
167,677 | Poles of Russian Poland (conscripts) | 1,624
6,517 | Volga Tatars (principally conscripts) | 1,627
1,210 | Cheremisses (1,141 of them conscripts) | 1,627
31,707 | Conscripts of German Switzerland | 1,629
500 | Corsicans | 1,633
132 | Austrian Jews of Hungary | 1,634
25 | Lesgian Udes of Elizabetopol | 1,634
32,024 | Sicilians (soldiers) | 1,635
2,532 | Conscripts of Italian Switzerland | 1,635
382 | Rumanians of Hungary | 1,635
61 | Jews (Spaniol) of Bosnia | 1,636
961 | Bielorousses or White Russians | 1,636
800 | Portuguese | 1,637
292 | Hungarians (conscripts) | 1,637
4,894 | Spanish Basques | 1,638
1,955 | Bulgarians of Western Bulgaria | 1,638
2,252 | Mordvinians | 1,639
890 | Lithuanians of Russian Poland | 1,639
1,355 | Ruthenes of the Plains (Galicia) | 1,640
1,771,948 | Russians of European Russia (conscripts) | 1,642
437 | Karelians of Russia (conscripts) | 1,642
100 | Esthonians | 1,642
2,000 | Jews of the Ukraine | 1,642
4,701 | Lithuanians of Lithuania (conscripts) | 1,643
1,831 | Gruzin Georgians (mostly conscripts) | 1,644
344,371 | Italians in general (soldiers) | 1,645
7,396 | Spaniards | 1,645
77,579 | Magyars of Hungary (soldiers in 1868) | 1,646
447,172 | French in general (conscripts) | 1,646
9,456 | Conscripts of French Switzerland | 1,646
1,483 | Mingrelian Georgians | 1,646
33,541 | Piedmontese (soldiers) | 1,649
| |
| _Americans_. |
| |
90 | Salishans (Harrison Lake, British Columbia) | 1,613
30 | Salishans of the Frazer River delta |
| (British Col.) | 1,618
28 | Guaranis (Kamayuras and Anetos) | 1,620
614 | Eskimo of Greenland | 1,621
73 | Zuñis of New Mexico | 1,623
54 | Moquis | 1,629
85 | Eskimo of Alaska | 1,630
55 | Kwakiutl Indians (British Columbia) | 1,639
| |
| _Africans_. |
| |
50 | Mzabites (Berbers of M’Zab, Algeria) | 1,620
36 | Batekes of the Congo | 1,641
| |
| _Oceanians_. |
| |
31 | Aborigines of the island of New Britain | 1,602
67 | Papuans of German New Guinea | 1,608
156 | Natives of the Solomon Islands | 1,616
38 | Melanesians of the archipelago of New Britain | 1,620
40 | Australians of Southern New South Wales | 1,630
142 | Papuans of New Guinea in general | 1,640
| |
| STATURES ABOVE THE AVERAGE (1650-1699 MM., |
| OR 65-67 INCHES). |
| |
| _Asiatics_. |
| |
32 | Kols (of N.W. provinces and Oudh) | 1,650
108 | Hajemi Persians (principally of Teheran) | 1,651
792 | Armenians of the province of Tiflis |
| (conscripts) | 1,652
40 | Badagas of the Nilgiri plains | 1,658
362 | Osmanli Turks (288 of them in Asia Minor) | 1,660
60 | Baluchis of Baluchistan | 1,662
60 | Khatris (Punjab caste) | 1,662
72 | Chuhras (do.) | 1,666
979 | Brahmans and other higher castes of the N.W. |
| provinces and Oudh | 1,666
56 | Tamils of Southern India | 1,667
54 | Sartes of Russian Turkestan | 1,668
33 | Aissores of neighbourhood of Lake Urmia |
| (Cauc.) | 1,668
74 | Kara Kirghiz of Russian Turkestan | 1,668
53 | Turkomans of the Transcaspian | 1,670
54 | Chinese of the north (Che Fu and Kuldja |
| provinces) | 1,674
38 | Sibos (Manchu Tunguses) | 1,675
120 | Uzbegs of Russian Turkestan | 1,683
444 | Punjabi in general | 1,684
140 | Kurds of the Caucasus | 1,686
80 | Pathans (Punjab caste) | 1,687
155 | Tajiks and Galchas of Russian Turkestan | 1,692
192 | Armenians of Transcaucasia | 1,694
239 | Aderbaijanis of Persia and Transcaucasia | 1,698
| |
| _Europeans_. |
| |
59,761 | Rumanians of the kingdom of Rumania (soldiers)| 1,650
226 | Abkhasians of the Caucasus | 1,650
71 | Greeks of the kingdom of Greece | 1,651
140 | Meshtcheriaks of Perm and Orenburg | 1,652
2,012 | Saxons of the Halle-Mansfeld district |
| (Prussia) | 1,653
61 | Gypsies of Hungary (soldiers) | 1,654
1,838 | Gruzin Georgians | 1,654
100 | Jews of Bukovina | 1,654
84,141 | Russians of Asiatic Russia | 1,654
35,416 | Belgians in general | 1,655
493 | Dutch of the province of Zeeland (conscripts) | 1,655
1,481 | Mingrelians | 1,656
2,865 | Imer Georgians | 1,656
1,003 | Lithuanian Jmudins (conscripts) | 1,656
31 | Gypsies of Crimea | 1,657
142 | Svane Georgian highlanders | 1,658
370 | Bashkirs of Orenburg and Ufa | 1,658
1,305 | French Basques | 1,658
231 | Crimeans of the south coast | 1,664
187 | Ruthenian highlanders (Galicia) | 1,666
20,509 | Venetians | 1,666
6,909 | Thuringians of the Saxon prov., Prussia |
| (conscripts) | 1,667
60 | Slovens | 1,668
200 | Ukrainians or Little Russians of Kief | 1,669
200 | Ruthenes of the Bukovine (soldiers) | 1,670
200 | Rumanians of the Bukovine (soldiers) | 1,673
28 | Lesgians (Avars and Kazi Kumyks) | 1,676
22,979 | Karelians of Finland | 1,680
458 | Ossets | 1,680
1,220 | Swedes of the province of Kalmar (conscripts) | 1,681
80 | Tavastians or Western Finns | 1,682
44 | Kabards (Cherkesses) of the Caucasus | 1,684
9,345 | Dutch (conscripts) | 1,685
3,000 | Danes | 1,685
4,964 | Sleswickians (soldiers) | 1,692
89,021 | German emigrants to the United States | 1,693
741 | Inhabitants of Wales | 1,695
41 | Gypsies of Bosnia | 1,695
176 | Tatar (Kabard) highlanders (Caucasus) | 1,697
| |
| _Africans_. |
| |
32 | Arabs of Algeria | 1,656
28 | Mushikongos of the Congo | 1,658
1,103 | Berbers of Tunis | 1,663
29 | Abyssinians | 1,669
35 | Danakils of Tajura | 1,670
52 | Berbers of Biskra (Chauia tribe?) | 1,673
244 | Kabyles of Great Kabylia | 1,677
180 | Berbers of Algeria | 1,680
27 | Bashilange of the Kasai | 1,680
2,020 | Negroes of the United States | 1,681
863 | Mulattos of the United States | 1,682
28 | Bechuanas | 1,684
25,828 | Negroes and Mulattos of the United States | 1,693
| (conscripts) |
| |
| _Oceanians_. |
| |
50 | Aborigines of Southern Australia | 1,657
65 | Australians in general | 1,667
233 | Australians of Central Australia | 1,670
52 | New Caledonians (Melanesians) | 1,673
72 | Papuans of British New Guinea | 1,674
58 | Australians of Victoria | 1,677
50 | Maoris of New Zealand | 1,680
| |
| _Americans_. |
| |
61 | Tinné of the S.W. (interior of British |
| Columbia) | 1,658
32 | Hupa Indians (Tinné of Oregon) | 1,661
121 | Ute Indians | 1,661
26 | Bilkula Indians | 1,661
37 | Tsimshian Indians (Brit. Columbia) | 1,666
165 | Shushwap Indians (Salish) | 1,670
104 | Cherokis of the East | 1,677
74 | Comanches | 1,678
30 | Klamath Indians | 1,679
59 | Chicasaw Indians | 1,679
68 | Piute Indians | 1,683
57 | Cree Indians | 1,685
147 | Apaches and Navajos | 1,686
37 | Flathead Indians (Salishan Têtes plates) | 1,687
32 | Papagos of California | 1,695
71 | Sahaptin Indians (Nez percés) | 1,697
28 | Ottawa Indians | 1,699
| |
| HIGH STATURES (1 M. 70, OR 67 INCHES AND |
| UPWARDS). |
| |
| _Americans_. |
| |
111 | Indians of the south of the State of |
| California (Yuma?) | 1,700
260 | Choctaws | 1,700
100 | Pimas | 1,703
21,645 | Canadian soldiers (chiefly descendants of |
| French) | 1,703
76 | Cherokis of the west | 1,712
198 | Ojibwas of the south | 1,712
41 | Pawnees | 1,713
92 | Delawares and Blackfeet | 1,715
79 | Micmacs and Abenakis | 1,717
315,620 | Citizens of the United States born in the |
| country | 1,719
29 | Maricopas of California | 1,722
1,413 | Ojibwas of the east | 1,723
612 | Siouans | 1,726
94 | Iroquoians or Iroquois | 1,727
517 | Indians of the United States (chiefly |
| Iroquois) | 1,730
91 | Omahas and Winnebagos | 1,732
213 | Crow Indians | 1,732
53 | Creek Indians | 1,735
35 | Mohaves of California | 1,740
50 | Cheyennes | 1,745
| |
| _Africans_. |
| |
31 | Mandingans in general | 1,700
25 | Bejas (called Nubians) | 1,708
72 | Kafirs (Ama-Xosa and Ama-Zulu) | 1,715
56 | Western Zandehs (Mandjas, Akungs, Awakas, |
| etc.) | 1,717
56 | Somalis (Eyssa, Habis, Awals, etc.) | 1,723
30 | Toucouleurs or Torodos | 1,725
62 | Wolofs, Serers and Leybus | 1,730
25 | For Negroes of Darfur | 1,730
35 | Fulahs or Fulbés of French Sudan | 1,741
| |
| _Asiatics_. |
| |
33 | Awan (Ghazikhan tribe, Punjab) | 1,706
97 | Sikhs of the Punjab | 1,709
29 | Gypsies of Russian Turkestan (Lulis, etc.) | 1,719
| |
| _Oceanians_. |
| |
25 | Polynesians of the Samoan Islands | 1,726
414 | Polynesians in general | 1,730
32 | Polynesians of Tahiti, Pomotu, Tubuai | 1,733
202 | Polynesians of the Marquesas Islands | 1,743
| |
| _Europeans_. |
| |
605 | Dutch of the province of Overijssel |
| (conscripts) | 1,701
61 | Cossacks of Kuban (Little Russians) | 1,701
68 | Letts of Esthonia | 1,704
232,367 | Swedes in general (soldiers) | 1,705
1,107 | Serbs of the Kingdom of Servia (conscripts) | 1,709
763 | Bosnian-Herzogovinians (soldiers) | 1,710
6,194 | English in general | 1,712
1,489 | Finns of Finland in general (682 of them |
| soldiers) | 1,713
325 | Dalmatians | 1,715
9,979 | Swedes of the province of Helsinghe (soldiers)| 1,716
8,585 | Inhabitants of the United Kingdom of Great |
| Britain and Ireland | 1,719
106,446 | Norwegians (soldiers) | 1,720
346 | Irish | 1,725
100 | Livonians | 1,736
1,304 | Scotch in general | 1,746
134 | Scotch of the north (Ayrshire, etc.) | 1,782
75 | Scotch agriculturists of Galloway | 1,792