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hitherto given. The oldest descriptions by the Chinese 

 (cp. Vedd. Book, page 61), ascribed to the Ceylonese a " bird's 

 beak," yet many forms appeared to us amongst these people, 

 as the index numbers will show. Girigoris' nose was the 

 most prominent. His nose index amounted to 68*6. The 

 two Kandyans followed with 71*1 and 71*6, then Inga Nona 

 with 76*1 ; on the contrary, Lusa Nona 83*7, her brother 

 Andre 88*8, and the little Jimmy 90*9. This last group also 

 includes the two Indians, with 80*0 and 83*3. 



The French Commission obtained similar results : three 

 men and two women had an index over 83. Three men and 

 three women under 74 (among these one 64*4, one 66*6, one 

 68-5, one 68-7, and one 69*2). 



I add here a short description of their noses : — 



1. Girigoris Appu : Nose strongly projecting, ridge curved, 

 point prominent (snub ?), alae small and narrow ; a decided 

 Semitic expression. 



2. Ukku Ban da : Nose strongly projecting, straightest of 

 all, sunk at the root, ridge slightly curved, point thick, alae 

 not large. 



Punchi Band a : A nose strongly inclined to but not quite an 

 "eagle nose," somewhat curved, point prominent, looking 

 downwards, alae moderately wide apart. 



4. Lusa Nona : Nasal ridge curved, short, point thick, 

 overhanging ; alae wide apart, somewhat flat ; nostrils large. 



5. Jimmy : Nose short, bent, point thick, projecting ; 

 septum short • alae very broad and full. 



6. Andre Appu : Upper portion of nose thin and small, 

 somewhat curved, point projecting, alae wide apart. 



Davy has given us a poetical description of a Sinhalese 

 beauty (Yedd. Book, page 63). The nose is described in it as 

 a " hawk's beak." Our ladies had nothing of that, yet it seems 

 as if such faces had not quite died out. The cabinet photo- 

 graph of a Sinhalese beauty, which Herr Hagenbeck has 

 presented to me, shows such a nose, and we can only regret 

 not having seen the original. 



