454 On the Kiranti tribe of the Central Himalaya. [No. 5. 



Girth of thigh, I 60 160 1 6 i 



Ditto of calf, 1 i 10| 1 f 



Girth of chest, 29| 2 10 2 10 } 



No. 1. A Bontawa, age 55. Head, long, narrow, vertical view 

 elliptic, equally wide fore and aft, widest between the ears. Front 

 view of the head and face oval, with the cheek bones little protrud- 

 ed and the forehead not narrowing upwards. Profile or side view 

 good, nearly vertical, the mouth not being at all inclined to progna- 

 thism, and the forehead very little retiring, but chin somewhat 

 defective. Forehead of good height and breadth, nearly as wide as 

 the cheek bones. Eyes of good size, remote ; upper lid flaccid, but 

 hardly perceptibly bent down next the nose. Nose, long, straight, 

 pyramidal, well elevated though thick and with the nostrils elongat- 

 ed, not round. Mouth well formed, not protuberant, of good size 

 and haviug shapely lips and vertical teeth not at all exposed, chin 

 not retiring but not advanced and rather defective. Jaws, neither 

 heavy, nor square. Colour, a clear light brown, deeper and less olive 

 than usual. No trace of ruddiness. Hair jet black, ample, straight, 

 glossy, strong but not coarse. Moustache, full and jet black. No 

 whisker. Eye-brows scanty and horizontal. No hair on chest. 

 Figure good but trunk and arms long, and legs short. Very moder- 

 ate development of bone or muscle for a highlander, and scarcely 

 more than iu a plainsman. 



2. A Bailing, 30 years old. Head broader and shorter, vertical 

 view oblate ovoid, wider behind than before, but not flattened behind. 

 Front view of the face shows (like the head,) more breadth than 

 in No. 1, and is somewhat square owing to the projection of the 

 cheek bones and of the angles of the jaws. Profile, vertical as in 

 the last, with very little saliency of the mouth, a vertical but 

 somewhat narrow forehead, and a chin flush with the front of the 

 jaw. Forehead less fiue than in the last, vertical to the front but 

 somewhat narrow or rather seeming so, owing to the lateral projec- 

 tion of the jaws and cheek bones. Eyes of good size remote, 

 showing faintly but distinctly the usual flaccidity and deflexion 

 towards the nose, of the upper lid. Nose, as in the last, long, 

 straight, pyramidal, broad but not depressed. Nostrils large and 

 round. Mouth of good size and shape, with moderately full lips 



