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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). 



[Vol. IX. 



For dynamometric measurements, I refer to the report of 

 the Paris Commission. 



The ratio between the measurements round the hip and 

 the height of the body showed such great differences, that I 

 thought at first on revising my notes, — I had made some mis- 

 takes. The measurements were in all cases greater than the 

 height of the body : even the women showed differences of 

 67 and 57 mm. Among the men the difference is more striking : 

 Girigoris Appu had 82, Andre Appu 123, PuSchi Banda 60, 

 Ukku Banda 118 mm. of a difference. The differences in 

 the lengths of the arms are not less striking : Girigoris 732, 

 Andre 761, Pufichi 806, Ukku 784 mm. 



Shoulder-breadths measurements : — Girigoris 340, Andre 

 376, Pufichi 395, Ukku 391 mm. These are comparatively 

 not widely diverging numbers. The circumference of the 

 chest was considerable, greatest in the case of Ukku Banda, 

 viz., 925 mm. The women have, on account of the full 

 development of the breasts, a larger circumference than the 

 men ; the lengths of the lower extremities vary also. The 

 height of the trochanter in Pufichi Banda amounted to 934 

 mm. — that was the largest number : the smallest was Andre 

 Appu, 840 mm. ; but the ratio is everywhere the same in men 

 and women, i. e., the height of the trochanter is to the height 

 of the body as 1 to 1-8. 



The shape of the hands and feet was uncommonly elegant, 

 especially that of the feet. The Kandy men wore leather 

 shoes, and although these were comparatively loose, still the 

 small toes were pushed somewhat inwards, and this was 

 even noticeable also in the next toe. Girigoris wore sandals, 

 and had a wide divergence between the great and the second 

 toe. Nevertheless, his feet also appeared comparatively 

 natural. In the rest the shape of the foot was free from arti- 

 ficial deformities. I do not remember ever having seen 

 such naturally shaped feet. As is well known, the feet 

 among nations wearing shoes or boots are exposed from the 

 earliest years to so much pressure, that a naturally-formed foot 



