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some mean measurements, which bear on the relation of the Pariahs to a higher caste, 

 may usefully be reproduced : 



Stature. Cephalic Index. Nasal Index. 



25 Tamil Brahmans, . . . 162-5 cm. (64 in.) 76'5 767 



25 Tamil Pariahs, . . . 161-9 „ (63| „ ) 73-6 80- 



In mean stature the Tamil Pariahs were almost the same as the Tamil Brahmans. 

 The cephalic index was lower, for whilst 18 Pariahs were dolichocephalic, 6 approximated 

 thereto and one was a little below 80, none was brachy cephalic ; whereas 7 Tamil 

 Brahmans were dolichocephalic, 12 approximated thereto, and 6 were brachy cephalic or 

 in the higher half of the mesaticephalic group. The mean nasal index in the Tamil 

 Pariahs was higher than in the Brahmans, and indicated a nose more platyrhine in its 

 proportions.* Recently M. L. Lapicqtje has published t additional figures bearing on 

 the stature and proportions of the head and nose of the Pariahs, as follows : 



Stature. Cephalic Index. Nasal Index. 



23 Parias ..... 163-7 76T 78 



These figures differ somewhat from those of Mr Thurston. M. Lapicque discusses at 

 some length the opinions expressed by Bishop Caldwell, and arrives at a conclusion 

 opposite to that of the distinguished Indian philologist. 



When my measurements of the skulls of the Pariahs are compared with those of the 

 dolichocephalic Tamil Sudras, it will be seen that though in both the mean index 

 was dolichocephalic, the mean length was somewhat greater in the Pariahs ; in 

 both the mean height exceeded the breadth ; the mean nasal index, No. 1 03 being 

 excluded, was almost identical in the two series ; the nasio-malar index in both showed 

 a fair projection of the bridge of the nose, which was a little more pronounced in 

 the Pariahs ; in both the mean orbital index was low or microseme ; the upper 

 jaw in both was orthognathic, and the mean maxillo-facial index was mesoprosopic ; in 

 both the cranial capacity was low. The cranial and facial configuration of the Tamil 

 Sudras and the Pariahs presented, therefore, important features of correspondence in 

 their proportions, which are confirmatory of the opinion expressed by Bishop Caldwell 

 that there are strong racial affinities between both peoples. 



Badaga Hillman — Nilgiris. Table II. 



In July 1901 I received from Major D. Simpson, I. M.S., a package containing the 

 skull and other bones of the skeleton of a Badaga Hillman of the Nilgiris, which Mr 

 Dashe, Sanitary Inspector, had procured in response to a request made by Lieut. -Col. 

 Bannerman, I. M.S. The man had died in the Coonoor Ghat, and, as the body had 

 been buried, the bones were discoloured. 



* In his interesting memoir, "The Coorgs and Yeruvas : an Ethnological Contrast" (Journal Asiatic Soc, 

 Bengal, vol. lxx. part iii. No. 2, 1901), Mr T. H. Holland has compiled comparative tables of measurements of the 

 Pariahs with other tribes and castes in Southern India. 



I Bull, d M4m. ale la Soc. Anthrop. de Paris, v e s^rie, t. vi. p. 400, 1905. 



