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appearance, and manners they differ but little from the Sin- 

 halese." 



So far as I can learn there is only one skull of a " Moor " 

 in Europe, and that is in the possession of Mr. Barnard 

 Davis.* This one (No. 317 of his collection) came from 

 Colombo, It is a male skull of 1,495 cub. cm. capacity, 

 therefore tolerably large, with a length and breadth index of 

 70, length to height index of 71, and a face index of 85*7 ; it 

 is accordingly orthodolichocephalic and chamseprosopic. 



A farther comparison is scarcely desirable, because from a 

 single skull no judgment can be formed as to whether it is 

 really typical of the race. 



Malays. 



We have earlier discussed the existence of a scattered Malay 

 element. A few statements as to their physical condition 

 have come to us. 



Cordinerf describes them, as in contrast to the other races, 

 lighter, more inclining to copper-colour than any other of the 

 Indian races. Selkirk^ speaks of them as nearly of a copper 

 colour, rather below the middle size, with " flattened fore- 

 heads, broad faces, large flat noses, and sharp, fierce revenge- 

 ful eyes." Priclham§ describes them similarly, and calls 

 them by no means agreeable specimens of humanity. They 

 are active, of a slight yet muscular form. 



In the Davis collection there is a Malay skull from Colombo. 

 It is marked male. Its capacity amounts to 1,435 cub. cm. ; 

 the length to breadth index is 79, length to height index 76, 

 face index 108. It is therefore hypsimesocephalic and 

 leptoprosopic. 



Mutual Relation of Races. 

 It is conceivable that the question of the origin and 

 relationship of the different tribes existing close to one 



* Davis. Thesaurus Craniorum, p. 134. f Cordiner, I. c, p. 143. 

 % Selkirk, I. c, p. 74. § Pridham I. c, I., p. 483. 



