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example : according to my earlier craniological examinations, 

 the Sinhalese are dolichocephalic. Now, among the people 

 actually measured by me here, I find only one dolichocephalic, 

 viz., Girigoris Appu, the same whom Herr Becker took for 

 an Arab. In reality his face, particularly his nose, had a 

 distinct Semitic look. But the Moormen are now-a-days 

 Muhammadans, and if in rare cases they mix with the Sin- 

 halese (see my Vedda Book, page 94), it does not follow that 

 they also change their religion. 



Besides, the Jewish face appears among so many of the 

 inhabitants of the islands of the East, that I would not sup- 

 port such a supposition on that ground. Also the deduction 

 drawn by Herr Becker from the name Abu is so uncertain, 

 as I have already shown, that it proves nothing. If Girigoris 

 is not an Arab, he must be considered as a typical Sinhalese. 

 If this is accepted, then the others measured by me are not 

 typical : even the stately Kuruwe from Kandy, and least of 

 all the woman Nona. Their short and broad skulls, their 

 chamseprosopia (broad faces), and in particular their broad- 

 pressed-in-curved noses, with the alae wide apart, point with 

 a strong probability to a mixture with the Tamils. 



The little Jimmy resembled his father so little, that one 

 felt almost inclined to disbelieve the relationship. He was, 

 however, the very image of his mother. His roundish-square 

 head, his full-moon face, his ape-nose were only exaggerations 

 of the mother-type. But the colour of the skin was quite 

 dark, whilst the mother's was light. Who can doubt but that 

 here individual and sex peculiarities were recognisable ? but 

 where is the line of demarcation of ethnical peculiarities ? 

 Unfortunately there is still wanting an exact description not 

 only of the Ceylonese Tamils, but also of the Indian Tamils. 

 I have therefore earnestly requested Herr Hagenbeck, in 

 case he should again bring such people to Europe, which is 

 not at all unlikely, to bring well-authenticated Tamils. One 

 thing seems to me certain. If the French ethnologists 

 entertain the opinion that the dark-skinned races of India 



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