No. 33. — 1886.] the veddAs of ceylon. 



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not apparent, calls microcephalic, has only an index of 65. 

 Omitting this one we get from Mr. Davis's four female 

 Sinhalese skulls an average index of 72*7. 



It is especially noteworthy that all the particularised 

 Sinhalese skulls (with the exception of skull No. 980 

 belonging to Mr. Davis, several times mentioned, but left out 

 of the computation) vary within the limits of dolichocephaly, 

 whilst among twenty Vedda skulls (even after the exclusion 

 of the deformed one) there were found four mesocephalic. 

 Were we perfectly sure of the correctness of the preceding 

 statements, we must infer from them certainly a special 

 similarity of the Vedda race to the Sinhalese. 



As regards the proportions of the single parts of the skull 

 to the length of the whole, I have made a like calculation to 

 that of the Veddas : — 



Index (a) 

 Index (6) 



No. 1. 

 29-7 

 55-6 



No. 2. 



29-8 

 53-5 



On the whole, these measures also are somewhat greater 

 than with the Veddas, while yet nowise in a constant or 

 characteristic way. 



The absolute figures for the greatest length and breadth of 

 the skulls on the whole run higher for the Sinhalese than 

 for the Veddas. I will next give a list of the length, breadth, 

 and height measures of all the Sinhalese skulls : — 



Dusseau . . . 

 Davis, No 



Virchow, No 





Length. 



Breadth. 



Height. 





mm. 



mm. 



mm. 





... 180 



.. 130 



. 135 



. 315 



... 172-7 . 



.. 124-5 .. 



. 121-9 



979 



... 177-8 . 



.. 132-1 .. 



. 139-7 



981 



... 175-2 . 



.. 132-1 



. 129-5 



982 



... 182-8 . 



.. 119-4 .. 



132-1 



983 



... 180-3 . 



.. 129-5 .. 



. 144-8 



984 



... 193 



.. 144-8 .. 



. 147-3 



1,007 



... 195-6 . 



.. 142-2 .. 



. 134-6 



1,008 



... 1981 . 



.. 144-8 .. 



. 147-3 



1,009 



... 182-8 . 



.. 132-1 



. 139-7 



. 1 



178 



.. 127 



. 129 



2 



181 



.. 127 



. 132-5 









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