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hybrids, — there remained twelve available for comparision, 

 which include two received by the Author himself, through the 

 kindness of Consul Freudenberg : a third, similarly received, 

 proved to be probably that of a Tamil child. These would 

 form a good broad basis for future decision if important 

 measurements were not wanting in these belonging to Mr. 

 Davis' collection, for instance, of the orbits, nose and palate. 

 With respect to Tamil or Malabar skulls only a single 

 specimen was known in Europe until lately. This was in the 

 collection of Mr. Davis, in which was also the skull of a hybrid 

 of Malabar and Sinhalese. This has been supplemented, through 

 the kindness of Consul Freudenberg, by three Tamil skulls, 

 unfortunately all without the lower jaw, and a child's marked 

 Sinhalese, but which rather appears to be Tamil. There are 

 therefore, strictly, only four specimens for comparision, and in 

 giving the averages of measurements only these undoubted ones 

 are taken into computation. 



[There is only a single skull of a Moor known in Europe, 

 and in the Davis' collection one Malay skull from Colombo, but 

 these are not brought into the comparisions.] 



ANTHROPOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF THE 

 VEDDAS WITH THE SINHALESE. 



Considered simply on anthropological grounds the differ- 

 ences between the Veddas and the Sinhalese are not so great 

 as to oblige us to assume an absolute contrast in the two 

 tribes. The skulls which have been personally examined [by 

 the Author] are too few to lead to a definite conclusion, but 

 they seem sufficient to enable us to ascertain whether any reason 

 exists for distrusting results obtained in other ways. Such 

 reason I do not find. 



Comparing briefly what has been arrived at, the result 

 is that the Veddas, as well as the Sinhalese, are dark tribes 

 whose complexion varies — apparently within the same limits — 

 between yellow-brown and black. The character of the hair 

 also is plainly similar : only that here the effect of culture is 

 conspicuous to a much greater extent. Both tribes, however, 



