the occurrence of very sniall specimens ; for the extremes range 

 from 1,694 to 1,110 cub. cm.; and vice versa, the certainly very 

 low average of the Veddas includes some pretty large specimens, 

 (one 1,420, and one 1,614.) The length measures and the relations 

 deduced from them have brought to light certain differences 

 between the two tribes, but we shall represent these parallel to 

 each other in their indices. One of the proportions is, however, 

 now mentioned as being of considerable importance, viz., that 

 with the Sinhalese the front and middle head have the larger 

 share in forming the roof of the skull, while with the Veddas it 

 is the occipital region that does so. Of special interest is the 

 comparison of the skull indices. The average ratio between length 

 and breadth, ascertained by the Author, is for both tribes almost 

 identical : 7 i'8 for the Sinhalese ; 71*6 for the Veddas. This is 

 a highly dolichocephalic [i. e. long-headed] measure [and its 

 value will be better appreciated if we remember that' for the 

 narrow long-headed Negro the ratio is nearly the same, while for 

 the European it is 80, and for the broad and short head of a 

 Tartar tribe 85, and in some Mongolian tribes even 88. — T. B.] 

 For our present purposes of comparison we can only say that 

 these important relative measures do not point to any radical 

 difference in race between Sinhalese and Veddas. With both the 

 skull is long and, narrow, yet among the Veddas there is a greater 

 number in which the narrowness is extreme than among the 

 Sinhalese. The Vedda skulls are narrower than those of the 

 African Negroes, and sometimes as narrow as those of the New 

 Caledonians. [The narrowest appear to be the Fijian mountain- 

 eers, with whom the average ratio is only 66. — T. B.~\ It is the 

 same with the ratio between length and height, which is ortho- 

 cephalic [straight-headed] with both tribes ; [the average for the 

 Sinhalese (74*2) being only a little below that for the Veddas 

 (74*9,)] With reference to the height measures the ratio is 

 somewhat different, in so far as the larger figures are on the 

 side of the Sinhalese. In both the vertical height exceeds the 

 breadth. These coincidences of the main indices are so great 

 that they could not be greater within the limits of a single race. 

 The configuration of the capsule of the skull may — apart from 

 the share of the separate bones in it— be considered as identical. 

 'The total result as regards the formation of the skull is that a great 



