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fancy ; this practice reminds us of the system of incarnate priests in 

 Tibet, where the seat of the Dalai Lama is taken, as a rule, by a 

 mere child. It must be remarked, however, that the Tibetans dis- 

 tinguish the Kakhyens as a peculiar race, differing in language from 

 that of the Shans and Bermese.* 



But as regards definite conclusion, the comparison of the bodily 

 appearance was duly pointed out as being of special importance. For 

 the races in consideration here, this is the more unavoidable, since 

 the linguistic affinity can be reduced in some degree to the influence 

 of intermixture. Tibetans may have settled, by way of victory,f 

 in parts of the Indo-Chinese Peninsula. But either they were few 

 in number, or their reign was of short duration, as they have not 

 left traces in the bodily proportions of these tribes. 



In reference to general physical appearance, I wish to draw the 

 attention to some striking differences shown by the face of a Tibetan 

 when compared with an aboriginal of India ; these differences 

 have become evident to me by the analysis of the castsj taken from 

 living individuals by my brothers during their travels. If we take 

 a Tibetan, Nos. 197 — 228 of the Catalogue, or a Gorkha of Nepal, as 

 e. g. No. 25, and look at his profile, we find as a rule that the de- 

 pression of the nose is so great that the curve of the eye is more pro- 

 minent than the saddle, the upper beginning of the nose. Amongst the 

 aboriginal tribes of Central India, such as the Gronds and Bhils, this 

 depression is not met with, though the orbits are very prominent ; 

 the lower end of the nose is very flat and broad (see Nos. 117 — 182 of 

 the Catalogue). In this respect the aborigines are not very greatly 

 distinguished from the Aryan race, w h ic h the eyes always lower 

 than the nose-line, but there is another peculiarity which I consider 

 very typical for the race of the aborigines. Take a cast of an ab- 

 original, e. g. No. 133 (Gond), No. 139 (Bhil), No. 138 (Kol), and 

 unite by lines ; — 



* See Dr. Williams's papers on the question of British trade with China 

 via Burma, in the Asiatic Society's Journal, 1864. 



f Such is the opinion of Logan ; 1 must, however, add that in my studies 

 of Tibetan historical books I have not found any written record relating to 

 conquests so far south-east. 



% A complete set of these casts, comprising 275 heads, 30 hands and 7 feet, 

 has been put up also in your rich Museum by the liberality of the Government. 



