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scheme such as the proportions of the nose, the dimensions of tlie face 

 and forehead, the protuberance of the cheek bones, the fjteial aiigle, the 

 stature in relation to the weight, the colour of the eyes and hair, and 

 the transverse section of the hair as observed with a microscope 'J'hese 

 hiter developments Ir-vve the authority of Broca and Topinard in Fiance, 

 of Virchow in Germany, and of Sir William Flower, Dr. Beddoe, 

 Dr. Garson and Mi-. Francis Galton in E no-land. 



Tliis is the method which the Britisli Association desire to see 

 extended in India. Let us first take stock of what has already been 

 done. For Bengal the North-West Provinces and tlie Panjab we have 

 a fairly complete series of measurements taken undei- my supervision in 

 ]88i)-88, while for the N.-W.P. alone a second large series was taken 

 by Captain Drake-Brockman some years later. Certain measurements* 

 were also taken by Mr. E. J. Kitts on a slightly different system. For 

 Southei-n India theie are Mr. Thurston's and Mr Holland's observations 

 supplemented by a series of measurements taken for this Society 

 under ray directions by Babu Kumud Beliari Samanta in 1892, and 

 including the Cingalese, the so-called Moormen of Ceylon, and a number 

 of Tamils from the East coast of Madras. Major Waddell's researches 

 will I understand cover the whole of Assam, parts of Tibet and the 

 region of the Eastern Himalaya and some of the Burmese races. For 

 the extreme north-west of the Empire we have a small but very inter- 

 esting set of measurements of Hunzas, Nagars and Kafirs which I had 

 the good luck to get taken when Sir George Robertson bi ought these 

 people to Calcutta some ten year's ago. Savages as they were, their 

 chiefs, who claimed to be descendants of Alexander, looked as if they 

 had stepped down from a G-reek vase of the best period and their 

 measui ements, especially that of the facial angle, seemed to confirm this 

 impression. 



In order to give full effect to the recommendations of tiie British 

 Association we ought now to extend the measurements to the areas 

 which have not yet been dealt with selecting in each case those castes 

 and tribes typical of the area. We must at the same time endeavour 

 to fill in any gaps that may be found in tlie existing series of measure- 

 ments. There will, I believe, be no difficulty in settling for any given 

 area what groups should bo regarded as typical. For assistance in 

 the work of measurement we may I trust look to the officers of the 

 Indian Medical Service and the Royal Army Medical Corps who have 

 always been ready to further the aims of scientific research in India. 



The results of the large series of measurements taken in Northern 

 India were set forth in a paper read at the meeting of the Britisli Asso- 

 ciation at Newcastle in 1889 and published under the title ' The 



