166 MR. BUSK ON VEDDAH SKULLS. 
more surprising fact that, ravenous as the Ling is known to be, 
not a single instance of a Crustacean animal have I met with in 
its stomach. Entire fishes of a variety of kinds are of very frequent 
occurrence ; and it was but lately that seven Plaice, of which the 
smallest measured six inches in length, and the largest ten, were 
found in the stomach of a Ling of moderate size. The following 
list of the stalk-eyed Crustaceans which I have met with in the 
stomachs of the Cod and Haddock (and some of them in consider- 
able numbers) will bear witness to the large number of these ani- 
mals which exist in the ground frequented by the fishes referred 
to, at the Cornish entrance to the British Channel. 
List of Crustaceans found in the stomach of the Cod :— 

Achzus Cranchii. Inachus Dorhynchus. 
Alpheus ruber. ——— leptochirus. 
Atelecyclus heterodon. Munida Rondeletii. 
Cancer Pagurus. Nika Couchii. 
Corystes Cassivelaunus. —— edulis. 
Eurynoma aspera. Pagurus Bernhardus. 
Galathea Andrewsii. Portunus arcuatus. 
—— dispersa. —— corrugatus. 
—— squamifera. —— marmoreus. 
—— strigosa. —— pusillus. 
Gebia deltura. - Scyllarus arctus (a single example). 
—— stellata. Squilla Imantis. 
Gonoplax angulata. Desmarestii. 
Hyas coarctatus. Stenorhynchus Phalangium. 

Inachus Dorsettensis. 
Observations on some Skulls from Ceylon, said to be those of 
Veddahs. By Groner Busx, Esq., F.R.S., Sec. L.S8. 
[Read March 20, 1862. ] 
Some of the aboriginal or supposed aboriginal inhabitants of 
Ceylon, now for the most part confined to the Hill-districts of 
the island, are known under the name of Veddahs, or Vaddahs. 
With respect to their origin and relations we are much in the | 
dark. The skulls belonging to this people (exhibited at the meet- 
ing) consist of four (two, apparently, of young subjects) recently 
sent from Ceylon to Dr. Hooker by Mr. Thwaites, and two be- 
longing to Dr. Stephen Ward. Besides these, there is a single 
cranium of the same race in the Museum of the Royal College 
of Surgeons, and seven or eight in the extensive and valuable 
craniological collection of Mr. J. Barnard Davis, which he has 
kindly allowed me fully to examine and measure. From this 
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