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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [January, 1910. 



Of styles of type 



Type ii. 



llustrations 



figures 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21. Some 

 styles of this type are rounded, but most 

 are octagonal in section above, either equal sided or with 

 broader and narrower sides alternating as in figure 21. I give 



a table of styles of type 11 arranged according to their 



lengths : 



District of Origin. 



Madura 



Coimbatore 

 Malabar 



Trichinopoly 

 South Arcot 



Trichinopoly 

 Tanjore 



Tinnevelly 

 South Arcot 

 Salem 

 Tanjore 

 Salem 



Trichinopoly 

 Tanjore 



Chingleput 

 North Arcot 



-Malabar, Anjengo 

 Malabar 

 South Arcot 

 s outh Arcot 



Kistna, Gnntur 



Kistna 



Kurnool 

 Oodaveri 

 North Arcot 

 X ell ore 



Kistna, Ountur 

 Kistna, Bezwada 

 Kurnool 



• • 



• • 



• • 



• • 



• • 



10728 

 10662 

 10681 



10707 

 10721 



10708 

 10775 



10782 

 10720 

 10655 

 10779 



10653 

 10704 

 10776 



10799 

 10829 



10813 

 10669 

 10722 

 10713 

 10801 

 10857 

 10187 

 10793 

 10828 

 10765 

 10806 

 10840 

 10825 



Vverage 



Average of specimens from 

 X. of Madras 



Vverage of specimens from 

 Madras and South 





Length in 

 Inches. 



6| 



63 



6| 



7 

 7 



8-1 



8! 



8; 

 8| 



8 : | 

 10 J 



log 



10£ 



u 



ill 



ii] 



12 

 12 



8-67 



10-91 



7-49 



Weight in 

 Ounces. 





25 



2f 



n 



91 



21 

 2i 

 2 J 



4.', 

 3 1 

 4" 



3] 



2 : ? 

 4 



3 



4+ 



3-00 

 3-54 



272 



Distance 



in inches of 



the Centre of 



Gravity from 



the tip. 



4 



4-i 



5 



4V 

 4 



5] 



6 

 6 

 6 



61 



n 

 n 



7 

 8 



n 



5-75 



7 30 



493 



It is very easy to see from the table that the style of the 

 Southern Districts is much shorter than that of the Northern. 



