1 244 On the Aborigines of the sub-Himalayas. 



and of habits, operating through 40 to 50 generations, (far so far back 

 I confidently place the migration) can produce no obliterative effects 

 upon the essential and distinctive signs of race. But this is, in part, 

 speculation, and I will terminate it by remarking that, for the reasons 

 above given, my investigations have been limited to that portion of the 

 sub-Himalayas which lies between the Kali and the Dhansri, or say, 

 80£° to 92|° of east longitude, and 26£° to 30|° of north latitude. 



B. H. Hodgson. 

 Darjeling, Nov. 1847. 



