CHAPTER XI.

The Hampshire people--Racial differences in neighbouring counties--A neglected subject--Inhabitants of towns--Gentry and peasantry--Four distinct types--The common blonde type--Lean women--Deleterious effects of tea-drinking--A shepherd's testimony--A mixed race--The Anglo-Saxon--Case of reversion of type--Un-Saxon character of the British--Dark-eyed Hampshire people--Racial feeling with regard to eye-colours--The Iberian type--Its persistence--Character of the small dark man--Dark and blonde children--A dark village child.