THE TALLEST PEOPLE.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 15, Issue 30, 15 April 1904, Page 7

THE TALLEST PEOPLE.

In a comparative table of stature arranged according to nationalities, the United States Indian stands higher than any other race in the world, though the Patagonian runs him very close. The white citizen comes next. The United States negro ranks fourteenth in the scale, and of all countries in the world considered, the Portuguese arc found to be the shortest. It has always been proverbial, among anatomists that blonde nations are greater than their darker neighbours. This is due to the geologic positions of the blonde races. They are characteristic of the north and on account of the lower degree of temperature are induced to take more exercise, which throws them more in the open air. At the top ol the list of countries, arranged it order of stature the first seven aftoi the United States white men are Norway, Scotland, British America, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, and Holland—all northern nations,