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They are nice, simple, honest people of the forest, rather 
shy at first, but willing when acquainted to tell one all their 
lore. It appears probable that the pictures in the caves are 
the work of their ancestors. However, the present people 
deny all knowledge of this, and say that no one draws like 
that now. 
I have copied to scale and in their correct colours all the 
pictures I found ; but beyond this and a few remarks as to 
their appearance, I do not feel competent to discuss them.'*' 
In the majority of cases the subject appears to be the human 
form ; some hold bows in their hands, and one holds in his 
two hands what may be regarded either as a bow and an 
arrow or a sword and shield ; others appear to be animals 
and birds, and a fine spotted leopard is among the best, 
though his head is unfortunately missing ; other subjects 
are mere diagrams, and among these too are obviously bows 
and arrows, and one apparently the sun. All belong to the 
same school of art, though I should not expect to find them 
the work of a single person, owing to the various methods 
used to express the head. Several are almost spirited sketches, 
and obviously portray motion. A feature which distinguishes 
them from most scribblings of the same sort is their chastity 
and sexlessness. The colour principally used is ash gray, 
but in two instances black is found, and in three a dull red. 
All alike seem to have been painted with the artist's finger as 
a brush, and all are on the bare rock, not on plaster. 
My hope in copying them was less that they would prove 
of great interest in themselves, than that they might aid in 
linking up this northern tribe of Veddas or Wanniyas with 
the others of their race.| 
I conclude with a few measurements taken with the idea 
of testing Mr. Parker's brick theory, and some comments 
thereon. 
* Appendix A. 
■j- The Archseological Commissioner discovered and photographed 
Vedda " ash pictures" at Arango da-gala and Konattegoda-gala near 
the Madura-oj-a, during his circuit of 1897 through Tamankaduwa 
(Annual Report, A. S., 1897, p. 15). Similar drawings have since been 
found in Bintenna by Prof. C. J. Seligmann (Journ, , C. A. S. , Vol. XXI. , 
No. 61, 1908, p. 77).— B., Ed. Sec, 
