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Chittagong races made by Herr Kiebeck, some considerations 

 of this kind occurred to me. (His travels will shortly appear.) 



A second point of difference appears in the auricular 

 index. From the appended tables, it can be seen that only 

 dolichocephalic Girigoris and the low mesocephalic Inga 

 offer a smaller number for the auricular index, the former 

 60*6, the latter 64. All the other Sinhalese have high numbers, 

 the highest Lusa Nona (72*6) . One may therefore conclude 

 that the majority of the persons are hypsocephalic. This 

 also corresponds more with earlier numbers (pages 92-140) 

 found by me in Tamils, than with those for Sinhalese. 



A third point is the breadth of the brow, which, making 

 all allowances for the fleshy portion, is, in all the Ceylonese 

 measured by me, more considerable than any measured in 

 Sinhalese, and even in Tamil skulls. 



Whilst the highest measurement of the skulls only 

 amounted to 93 mm., the lowest measurement among the 

 living was 98 mm. (Lusa Nona), and the highest 109 mm. 

 (Pufichi Banda). This great breadth of brow contributed 

 not a little in improving the appearance of the persons in 

 question. In the Kandy people the forehead was high, 

 from 70 mm. to 75 mm. 



Girigoris was 67 mm., and Andre only 55 mm., less than 

 even the women showed (58 mm. and 59 mm.). 



As far as the face is concerned, I have confirmed the 

 opinion that the Sinhalese are not prognathous. With the 

 exception of one woman, they were all orthognathous, and 

 had a small mouth, although the lips were full and the front 

 teeth large. In several it seemed to me the lower lip was 

 comparatively strongly prominent, whilst the teeth showed 

 a peculiar mother-of-pearl brilliancy, in which a loss of 

 enamel forming a hollow in the crown occurred. I looked 

 upon this at first as artificial, but according to their own 

 assertion it arises spontaneously. It seemed to me, however, 

 as if the mode of cleansing their teeth caused this loss of 

 enamel. I add here a few special particulars : — 



