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be found in every part of * the Island. Their distribution 

 according to number is as follows : — 



In the District of Batticaloa ... ... 2.7,000 



In the City of Colombo ... ... 23,600 



In the District of Kandy ... ... 22,000 



Do. Kalutara ... ... 12,800 



Do. Puttaiam ... ... 12,500 



Dc. Galle' .., ... 11,000 



Do. KurunSgala ... ... 9,400 



Do. Nuwarakalaviya ... 7,300 



Do. Mannar ... «. 6,600 



Do. Baduila ... ... 6,000 



Do. Matale ... ... 5,900 



Do. Trincomalee... ... 5,700 



Do. K£galla ... ... 5,000 



Do. Matara ... ... 5,000 



Do. Colombo ... ... 4,300 



Do. Jaffna ... ... 2,600 



Do. Negombo ... ... 2,500 



Do. Ratnapura ... ... 1,500 



Do. Nuwara Eliya ... 1,400 



Do. Hambantota ..... ... 1,200 



Do. Vavuniya-Vilankulam ... 700 



Do. Mullaittivu ... ... 400 



This community, numbering (as I have said) nearly 185,000 

 souls, includes those who are commonly known in our Law 

 Courts as " Ceylon Moormen " and " Coast Moormen." The 

 former class represents (as I shall show 1 ) the earliest settlers 



assumed to prove community of descent, is quite a new idea. Nevertheless, 

 we owe to it, at all events in part, the vast development of German 

 nationality : and we certainly owe to it the pretensions of the Russian 

 Empire to at least a presidency over all Sclavonic communities." — Village 

 Communities in the East and West, p. 210 (3rd edition), 



As regards the relation between Tamils and Moors, it is not a question 

 of " linguistic affinities," but a " common vernacular language." 



Dr. Tylor admits that, " as a rule, language at least proves some pro- 

 portion of ancestry— affords at least partial evidence of race." (Page 120, 

 art. " Anthropology.") 



By tracing the history, that is, the descent of the Moors, I confirm the 

 evidence afforded by the language used by them. And I still further 

 strengthen my conclusion by showing that their social customs and 

 physical features are in the main Tamil. 



1 See p. 255. 



