CHAPTER VIII. 



THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS. THE VEDDAS OF CEYLON. THE ABORIGINAL 

 RACES OF INDIA: CENSUS RETURNS OF POPULATION: CLASSIFICATION 

 OF RACES: THE ARYAN INVASION: CASTE: KOLS, GONDS, TOD AS, 

 KHONDS, ETC. 



THE people of the 

 smaller and lower 

 group of islands, 

 known as Little An- 

 daman, have always 

 shown so much hos- 

 tility to strangers that 

 our knowledge of them 

 is extremely slight. 

 Concerning those from 

 the Great Andaman 

 Islands, it may be 

 said that we possess a 

 fairly complete know- 

 ledge, thanks chiefly 

 to the work of Mr. E. 

 H. Man and the late 

 Mr. G. E. Dobson, to 

 whom we are indebted 

 for the following brief 

 description. The 

 average height of the 

 men is 4 feet lOf 

 inches (very few ex- 

 ceed 5 feet in height), 

 and that of the 

 women 4 feet 7-J 

 inches, while the 

 average weight of the 

 former is 98 Ibs., 

 which is about half the 

 average weight of an 

 Englishman. Mr. E. 

 II. Man, their English 

 protector and friend, 

 who has for many 

 years been in charge 



THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 



Photo by the late <:. E. f/ulisoii, .]/./(. (liy /inmi^inn of I/if Atit/uripotOgUal Jiinlitute). 



A OHOtlP OP ANDAMANKSE. 



(The woman in the centre, who is a widow, wears her late husband's skull on her shoulder. 



The girdles are of hamboo.) 



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