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5. Some Variations in the Customs and Manners of the 
‘elugus and Tamils of the Godaveri and 
Tinnevelli Districts. ! 
By K. C. Viraracnava, M.A., Rajahmundry, Madras. 
1. The president of Section H (Anthropology) of the 
British Association of Science which met at Hull in September 
last defined anthropology as ‘the study of the origin and 
evolution of man and his works” and said further that it ought 
“not to be limited to the study of backward peoples but 
extended to such civilised peoples as those of the Far East and 
Hindustan. We have much information concerning the arts, 
languages and official religions of these regions; too little 
concerning the physical and mental traits of their masses, their 
customs and actual beliefs.’ A civilian writer on ‘‘ native 
South Indian life” recently lamented that ‘‘amongst the 
many books which have been published on India and Indian 
topics, it is rare to find one that treats of the south. Since 
the time of Clive and Hyderali, historical interest has centred 
in the north. Travellers prefer to visit the famous cities of 

_/ A paper submitted to the Anthropology Section of tie Indian 
Science Congress held at Lucknow in 1923. 
