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prognathous and the lower lip thick, and the moustache and beard are 
very scanty. Some of these peculiarities are much more marked 
in certain individuals than in others, but most of them were notice- 
able in almost every man’s face I saw, and it seems certain that a 
Boksa will at once recognize another to belong to his tribe even if 
he never saw him before, although some persons (Kumaonis) said 
they could not recognize one of the tribe until he spoke. 
The features of the few women that I had an opportunity of seeing 
closely, were comely enough and of the same general character as 
those of the men; but, as might be expected, in the children of both 
sexes and even in a descendant the above peculiarities were 
but little noticeable. Indeed, some lads were remarked in whose 
features could be discovered no difference from those of the ordinary 
peasant of the district. I cannot say, whether or not, it was owing to 
the Boksa peculiarities of feature striking one less after a time, but 
in the western part of the forest, which was visited last, “ features 
hardly so marked here” are noted more than once. 
As will be seen presently, I am inclined to lay considerable stress 
on the fact of the Boksas having features with so many points of 
resemblance to the Turanian type so well-marked, that they have in a 
general way been commented on by all previous observers. 
The dress of the men is the same as that of the ordinary native of the 
North West Provinces, but, except in one or two cases where the Pudhan 
may be presumed to have put on his “‘ Sunday clothes’ for inspection, 
none of them wore turbans over the thin cotton cap which generally 
covers the head. The little boys run about in puris, or nearly so, the 
girls wear a scanty rag. The women’s dress consists of a petticoat, 
generally blue or of an orange-red, with a dirty-white or orange-red 
chaddar. 
The proper names, in use by the Boksas, are almost always the 
same as those of Hindoos generally, with a few exceptions such 
as Pili, Dhanni, Mangt and Kakha, which may be supposed to have 
been corrupted from Hindoo names. All of those, who were questioned 
on the subject, were quite positive that their language is quite the 
same as that of the other inhabitants of the district, and I heard of 
no words peculiar to these people, with the exception of some names 
of trees. The most remarkable of these is Kanddr for the Sai tree, 
