No. 32. — 1886.] ETHNOLOGICAL STUDIES. 



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Of the Kuruwe, of Kandy : — 



1. The older, Pufichi Banda : on the brow Radde 30 i ; on 

 the cheek Radde 30 h; on the arm 29==Radde 3 /and Radde 

 10 ; on the palm 30-31=Radde 3 e. 



2. The younger, Ukku Banda: face 4 ~k; breast 28-29; 

 arm (inside) 29-30=Radde 3 i, (outside) Radde 2 e ; dorsum 

 28-29 ; palmar 31. 



These are chiefly shades of colour which, according to 

 Radde's scale, belong to orange (4), and to cinnabar in the 

 second stage of transition to orange. Next follow some cases 

 in which cinnabar in the first stage of transition to orange (2), 

 or carmine in the second stage of transition to cinnabar (30), 

 was determined. 



There is some interest in comparing the two persons from 

 India : — 



1. Murugappa, thirty -two years old : brow 29=Radde 3 g ; 

 breast 27-28; dorsum of hand likewise=Radde 30 b-c; 

 palmar surface 31-32=Radde 4 g-h and 3 g-h. The nails are 

 light and short. The shades of colour belong to the]mixture 

 of cinnabar with orange, of carmine and of orange. On putting 

 the skin on the stretch, an underground of a yellowish colour 

 appears, with black specks and stripes. On a simple inspec- 

 tion, the impression of a reddish tone of colour is imparted. 



2. P chchai, nineteen years old : face 21=F=Radde 4 h; 

 breast 43=Radde 4 /; dorsum of hand 28=Radde 2 /,- 

 palm 26=Radde 4 k. 



In these appear no other colour than that occurring in the 

 Ceylonese, and here also orange (4) dominates. Still, there is 

 not wanting the transition stage of cinnabar to orange (2 and 3) 

 and from carmine to cinnabar (30). I cannot therefore say 

 that I found in the colour of the skin any different shades of 

 colour not found in the skin of the^Ceylonese. If the former, 

 for example, show a much darker shade of skin than the 

 Kandy men, still it must not be overlooked that even the 

 Ceylonese among themselves show different degrees of 

 darkness and fairness in their skins. 



