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The Mooes or Moormen, — Their number is small; and their 

 effect upon the rest of the population even less highly to be 

 estimated, because of their religion which necessitates a sharply 

 defined separation, so that they rarely intermarry with the 

 Sinhalese or other natives. We have scarcely any description 

 of their physical peculiarities. There seems to be only one 

 skull of a " Moor " in Europe, and that is in the possession of 

 Mr. Bernard Davis. This (317 of his collection,) is a male 

 skull of 1495 cub. cm. capacity; therefore tolerably large ; with 

 a length to breadth index of 70 ; length to height index of 71 ; 

 and a facial index of 85*7, It is accordingly ortho-dolicho- 

 cephalic and chamaeprosop. From a single scull no judgment 

 can be formed whether it is really typical of its race, and 

 therefore further comparison is scarcely desirable. 



Malays, — The existence of a scattered Malay element has 

 been earlier discussed. A few statements as to their physical 

 condition have come to us. Cordiner describe them as lighter, 

 more inclining to copper colour than any other of the Indian 

 races. Selkirk speaks of them as copper-coloured ; below 

 middle height ; with flat brow ; broad flat nose ; and piercing 

 eyes. In the Davis collection there is a Malay skull from 

 Colombo, marked male. Its capacity amounts to 1435 cub. cm.; 

 the length to breath index is 79 ; length to height 76 ; face 

 index 108, It is therefore hypsimeso-cephalic and leptoprosop. 



THE MUTUAL RELATIONS OF THE RACES. 



We now proceed to consider the origin and relationship to 

 each other of the different tribes existing close to one another 

 in Ceylon : and it is noteworthy that the inhabitants of the 

 island are spoken of as belonging to distinct races both by 

 Greek travellers in the 6th, and by Chinese travellers in the 

 7th centuries after Christ. 



Question of a Chinese or Siamese origin of the Sinhalese. — 

 With respect to the question of a Chinese origin which 

 some have on insufficient grounds attributed to the Sinhalese, 

 we have reports of one warlike invasion by the Chinese ; and 

 -Chinese soldiers are stated to have entered the military service 

 of King Prakrama in 1266. The defeat of a King of Ceylon 



