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S.] 
The village was situated at a height of 600 ft. above the 
foot of the mountain. Towards the South, the eye rests on 
the smooth plains of Assam, where the famous Siong or Dihong P. 182. 
of the Assamese shoots up, reflecting the rays of the sun across 
the sky 
Now a few words on the race to which the Padams be- 
long and on the marvellous signs which I have discovered 
among them. 
CHAPTER II. 
To what race do the Padams belong ?—T heir origin as told by p. 183. 
themselves.—The four kinds of crosses worn by this people.—T heir 
opinion on the meaning and origin of this symbol.—Conjectures 
on the subject.—Costumes.—Ornaments.— W eapons.— Government. 
nners. 
Hospitality —Religion.—Their extreme superstitiousness.— Pen- 
ances to appease the demons.—Character of the Padam.—Some 
words of his language. 
The Padams stand midway between the Mongolian and 
the Caucasian races. They are beardless; hair and eyes ar 
black ; the skin is brown; the eyes stand at right angles with 
the nose. The forehead is flat, the face broad, the nose short, 
the cheek-bones somewhat prominent, and stature moderate. 
This 1s how they account for their origin: °’ When the 
‘ earth was but a mass of mud, God came down from Heaven ; 
‘‘ with a handful of mud he made two brothers and two sisters. p. 184. 
‘‘ The Padams descend from the elder, and the Miris from the 
Hence the Padams are a privileged race, 
ble on the battle-field.’ 
en; the pattern 
ristian origin.! The majority 
1 We venture to suggest that in this e or 1 
marks Fr. Krick was unduly influenced by his zea as a missionary. 
here is, we , no reason to atte 
from Christian sources, as the cross —one of th est designs imagin- 
rm or another in all sava, ornamentation. 
on Abor men or women are iar 
ck’s observation would lead one to 
detailed in Sir George Dunbar’s 
ose, and ail will be found full 
h cua tet af the Abors and Galongs.— 
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forthcoming memoir on the anthropology of 
J. Coggin-Brown and S. W. Kemp. 
