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IN consequence of evidence that I had obtained as to the existence of a dwarf race in Spain, I wrote to Mr. McPherson, our Consul at Barcelona, and enclose his reply. There have long been rumours of survivals of a dwarf or a prehistoric race existing in parts of Spain, but careful inquiries at Madrid failed to supply any definite information on the subject. Last summer on reading over an old number of Kosmos (Paris, 1887), I found a brief paragraph referring to a pigmy race having been found in the province of Gerona, Spain, who had slightly Mongolian eyes, yellow, broad, square faces, height from 1 m. 10 to 1 m 15, and red hair.
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HALIBURTON, R. Racial Dwarfs in the Pyrenees. Nature 47, 294–295 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/047294b0
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