APPENDIX. IxV 



Appendix, No. X. 



Esctr act from Captain Harhness' Account of the Inhabitants 

 of the Neilgherry Hills ; noticed in the list of publications 

 annexed. 



The appearance of the ToDAS or Toruwars, who may be considered 

 the original inhabitants of the hiUs, is very prepossessing. Generally 

 above the common height, athletic and well made, their bold bearing, 

 and open and expressive countenances, lead immediately to the con- 

 clusion that they must be of a different race to their neighbours of the 

 same hue, and the question naturally arises, who can they be ? The 

 word Toruwars is the TamQ term for herdsmen. This remnant of a 

 race, perhaps the most extraordinary of any known, does not exceed in 

 number, including both sexes, and of all ages, six hundred. 



They never wear any covering to the head, whatever the weather 

 may be, but allow the hau- to grow to an equal length, of about six or 

 seven inches ; parted from the centre or crown, it forms into natural 

 bushy circlets all round, and at a short distance more resembles some 

 artificial decoration than the simple adornment of nature. The hair of 

 the face also is allowed a similar freedom of growth, and in every in- 

 stance, except from the effect of age, it is of a jet black, and of the same 

 degree of softness, as that of the natives of the low country. 



A large, full, and speaking eye, Roman nose, fine teeth, and pleasing 

 contour, having occasionally the appearance of great gravity, but seem- 

 ing ever ready to fall into the expression of cheerfulness and good 

 humour, are natural marks, prominently distinguishing them from al 

 other natives of India. 



The women are not of a stature proportionate to that of the men, 

 but of complexion generally some shades Hghter, the consequence per- 

 haps of less exposure to the weather, with a strongly feminine cast of 

 the same expressive features as the men ; most of them, and particu- 

 larly the younger, have beautiful long black tresses, which flow in 

 unrestrained luxuriance over the neck and shoulders, or are fi-equently 

 disposed in a profusion of natural ringlets on each side of the head, 

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