No. 33.— -18S6.] the veddAs of ceylon. 



407 



(distance of the anterior edge of the alveolar process from 

 the foramen occifiitale magnum) to the " basinasel length " 

 (distance of the root of the nose from the foramen magnum) : 

 the latter, supposed, = 100. The average of six skulls gives 

 a figure of 96*3. I obtain only 93-4 for the female skull 

 from the Colombo Museum. Separating the sexes the 

 computation of Mr. Flower is : — 

 AT For Men. 



675 ... 93-5 



676 ... — 



678 ... 101 



679 ... - 



680 ... 96-9 



681 ... 97-1 



971 



For Women, 

 mm. 



930 



96-5 



94-7 



Average . . . 



According to this it might appear as if prognathy was 

 greater among the men than among the women, but we 

 must reserve a final opinion on this point, since the 

 measurements of individual skulls show such considerable 

 differences, especially with the males. At any rate, prognathy 

 is very slight. Mr. Bernard Davis goes so far even as to call 

 the Vedda skulls tolerably orthognathous. 



With regard to the proportions of the rest of the body, 

 I have a few more statements from Mr. Hartshorne about two 

 Veddas, which I subjoin, after having changed them into 

 metre measure : — 



Latty, about Bandiey, about 





18 years old. 



25 years old. 





mm. 



mm. 



Height of the body 



1,631-91 . 



.. 1,517-59 



Circumference of the head 







around middle of the brow... 



514-33 . 



514-33 



From top of forehead to end 







of chin 



168-25 . 



177'80 



Across face 



133-34 . 



171-42 



Shoulder to elbow 



279-39 . 



323-81 



Elbow to wrist 



254-00 . 



219-05 



