116 Major Waddell— Wild Tribes of the Brahnaputra Valley . [Nov., 1899.] 



to Siam, and thus obtained trustworthy data for unravelling the tangled 

 affinities and contrasts of most of the many tribes thi'oughout this vast 

 area. 



The observations now published relate to about six hundred indi- 

 viduals, belonging to over thirty different tribes; and of each individual 

 I made twenty to thirty or more measurements. The enormous labour 

 and drudgery, not to speak of the expense, entailed in taking these 

 ph3'sical measurements, even after reaching the tribes and securing the 

 consent of typical members to submit to the measurement, and this 

 usually at the end of long fatiguing marches, all this can only be appre- 

 ciated by those who have ever attempted such a task. 



It is claimed for my observations, that they afford for the first 

 time exact details of the physical type of almost all the tribes of the 

 Brahmaputra Valley ; and for the first time in India, apparently, a 

 record of the colour of tiie skin and eyes — all of wldch data are strictly 

 comparable, in that they have all been made witli scrupulous care by 

 the same observer. And the physical type is also freely illustrated by 

 photographs, mostly taken by myself. 



The paper will be published in full in the Journal, Part III. 



