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on the point. In my former works I had come to the con- 

 clusion from the reports before me, that " the- Sinhalese 

 belonged to a dark, or more correctly, a brown, smooth -haired 

 race, not prognathous or moderately so" (page 65) ; and this 

 has been confirmed in the numerous persons by whom we 

 were visited. 



As far as the colour of the skin is concerned, the Paris 

 Commission had found that the darker portions corresponded 

 to No. 28 of the colour table ; the lighter lay between No. 22 

 and No. 43. 



According to the table of the Stenochromic Society, the 

 colour at the bend of the elbow in one man was determined 

 at the letter g, in the second transition stage from cinnabar 

 to greenish orange, and that of the breast of a little girl at i 

 orange. 



I found in the family of Abu Nona the following : — 



1. The father Girigoris showed a dark brown colour : on 

 the brow 28=Radde 3 g ; on the cheek 21=Radde 4 k ; on 

 the breast 29=Radde 3g,- on the hand (back) 28-29=Radde 



2 e; palm 30-31=Radde 4 o approximately. 



2. The mother's brother Andre : brow Radde 3/; cheeks 

 Radde 4 h-i ; breast Radde 3 h ; back of the hand 28-29 ; the 

 fingers Radde 30 d; putting the skin on the stretch Radde 



3 h, palm 26. The deep colour of the breast was on the 

 whole reddish, but still with a strong shade of yellow. 



3. The mother Liisa Nona : brow 30-31=Radde 4 i ; 

 face 32-33; breast 29-30=Radde 3 i-k; back of hands 

 22-37=Radde 4 h-3 h ; palms 24. In these are shades of 

 unequal lightness. 



4. The mother's sister Inga : very light, back of hands 29. 



5. The little Jimmy (Sinni) : breast 29-30 ; arm Radde 

 3 /; face lighter, more yellowish brown. 



Note. — I may observe that laccording to Radde. 1 cinnabar signifies 

 2 cinnabar in the first, 3 in the second transition towards orange, 30 car- 

 mine in the transition towards cinnabar. 



