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forehead long, but of little height, considerably flattened at 

 the sides, the cheek-bones strong, and all the muscle epiphyses 

 well developed. From the measures given we calculated an 

 index of ratio between length and breadth of 72*2, between 

 length and height of 75, and a palatal index of 73*7. 



Mr. Welcker * gives in his craniological tables the average 

 index figures for five Sinhalese skulls, without, however, 

 saying where these are at present to be found ; probably the 

 above-mentioned Dutch specimens are among them. He 

 states the breadth to be 73*4, the height 77*2. 



A large number of Sinhalese skulls are brought forward 

 by Mr. Davis, | in fact, a whole dozen. One of these, however, 

 is expressly said to be probably a hybrid of Malabar and 

 Sinhalese, and must therefore be excluded. Of the remainder 

 one is from Panadure, one from Kandy, one from Negombo, 

 one from Colombo, the others unascertained. Half are male 

 and half female. The one (No. 982) which is called klinoce- 

 phalous and has a processus papillaris before the opening of 

 the back head, according to Mr. Davis shows " a degree of 

 mikrocephaly," but as its capacity amounts to 1,474*6 cub. cm. 

 we are not quite justified in such an assumption. I give 

 below a short list of the main results obtained : — ■ 



The number of 

 the skull. 



Capacity. 



Index of 

 Longitudinal 

 Breadth. 



Index of 

 Longitudinal 

 Height. 











$ 



a 





315 





1175-7 





72 





70 



979 





1394-9 





74 





78 



980 



1235-5 





76 





84 





981 





1355-1 





75 





74 



982 





1474-6 





65 





72 



983 





1494-6 





70 





80 



984 



1673 9 





75 





76 





1007 



1614-1 





72 





70 





1008 



1693-8 





73 





74 





1009 



1275-4 





72 





76 





Medium 



14985 



1378-9 



73-6 



71-6 



76 



74-8 



Total average 10)... 



1438-8 



72-4 



75-4 



* Archiv. fur Anthropologic, 1886, Bd. s. 154, 157. 

 f J. Barnard Davis. Thesaurus Craniorum, p. 132. 



