are fond of collecting the fat of snakes, and selling it. Muhammadans employ them in felling timber, and cultivating fields. Their clothing is exceedingly scanty, and, when hard up, they use wild plantain leaves for this purpose.
Through Mr, Hadfield's influence with the tribe, Mr. F. Fawcett was able to examine a few members thereof, who appeared before him accompanied by their Māppilla master, at a signal from whom they ran off like hares, to attend to their work in the fields. Their most important measurements were as follows: —
| Max. | Min. | Av. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stature (cm.) | 156.6 | 150.6 | 154.5 |
| Cephalic index | 85 | 77 | 81 |
| Nasal index | 108.8 | 71.1 | 88.4 |
The Ernādans, according to these figures, are short of stature, platyrhine, with an unusually high cephalic index.
Ērra. — See Yerra.
Ērudāndi. — See Gangeddu.
Ērudukkāran. — See Gangeddu.
Erumai (buffalo). — An exogamous sept of Toreya.
Erumān.— A sub-division of Kōlayan.
Ettarai (eight and a half). — An exogamous sept of Tamil goldsmiths.
Ēttuvītan.— Recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, 1901, as a sub-division of Nāyar.
Eurasian.— Eurasian (Eur-asian) may, after the definition in 'Hobson-Jobson,' *[1] be summed up as a modern name for persons of mixed European and Indian blood, devised as being more euphemistic than half-caste, and more precise than East-Indian. When the European and Anglo- Indian Defence Association was established
- ↑ * Yule and Burnell, 2nd ed., 1903.
