No. 33.— -1886.] THE VEDDAS OF CEYLON. 



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ala sphenoidealis comes up high, whilst the angulus 

 parietalis is low ; likewise in the under part of the lamb- 

 doidal suture on either side and on the posterior lateral 

 fontanel interpolation., 



A view of the skull from below shows plainly'. the length 

 and narrowness of the occipital region. The very large 

 foremen magnum is injured at the posterior edge, but can be 

 measured approximately. The articular processes of the 

 occipital bone are situated quite anteriorly, and their 

 fascets turned rather to the outside. Small mastoid processes. 



In the front view the forehead appears comparatively 

 broad, the face short and of moderate breadth. Index §3"! ; 

 therefore chamseprosopic. The very large orbits are likewise 

 broad and extended toward the outside and the bottom, but 

 on the whole rather round inform. Their index amounts to 

 84*6, and therefore mesokonch. The cheek bones project, and 

 the canine fossa? are correspondingly very deep ; on the other 

 hand, the zygomatic arches are not very prominent. The nose 

 is rather high on the face, and somewhat to one side, narrow 

 at its root, the ridge bent in, the aperture large . Index 50, 

 therefore mesorrhine. The upper jaw is, on the whole, low, 

 especially at the alveolar process, which is slightly 

 prognathous ; the facial angle (brow-nasal spine and auricular 

 orifice) measures 82. The palate long and broad toward the 

 back, the alveolar line somewhat in the form of a horseshoe, 

 and the teeth and the alveolar cavities, especially in the 

 front, large. Index leptostaphyline, 75. The (questionable, 

 therefore omitted in the drawing) under jaw, small and low, 

 the rami slanting and feeble, and particularly narrow. The 

 distance of the maxillary angle amounts to only 85 mm., 

 or 10 mm. less than the lower frontal breadth. 



(2).— Skull No. 4. 

 Mr. Haly designates it as evidently abnormal, and says of 

 it and the following (No. 5) : " They were procured by the 

 Rev. S. Somanader, the Vedda missionary at Batticaloa. 

 There is a lower jawbone, but I do not know to which skull 



