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the measurements of a few Marātha (non-Dravidian) classes settled in the Canarese country. In the following tabular statement, I have brought together, for the purpose of comparison, the records of the head-measurements of representative classes in each of these areas:—
| Class. | Language. | Number of subjects examined. |
Cephalic Index. | Number of times index was 80 or above. | ||
| Average. | Maximum, cm. | Minimum, cm. | ||||
| Sukun Sālé | Marāthi | 30 | 82·2 | 90·0 | 73·9 | 21 |
| Suka Sālé | Do. | 30 | 81·8 | 88·2 | 76·1 | 22 |
| Vakkaliga | Canarese | 50 | 81·7 | 93·8 | 72·5 | 27 |
| Billava | Tulu | 50 | 80·1 | 91·5 | 71·0 | 14 |
| Agasa | Canarese | 40 | 78·5 | 85·7 | 73·2 | 13 |
| Bant | Tulu | 40 | 78·0 | 91·2 | 70·8 | 12 |
| Kāpu | Telugu | 49 | 78·0 | 87·6 | 71·6 | 16 |
| Tota Balija | Do. | 39 | 78·0 | 86·0 | 73·3 | 10 |
| Bōya | Do. | 50 | 77·9 | 89·2 | 70·5 | 14 |
| Dāsa Banajiga | Canarese | 40 | 77·8 | 86·2 | 72·0 | 11 |
| Gāniga | Do. | 50 | 77·6 | 85·9 | 70·5 | 11 |
| Golla | Telugu | 60 | 77·5 | 89·3 | 70·1 | 9 |
| Kuruba | Canarese | 50 | 77·3 | 83·9 | 69·6 | 10 |
| Bestha | Telugu | 60 | 77·1 | 85·1 | 70·5 | 9 |
| Pallan | Tamil | 50 | 75·9 | 87·0 | 70·1 | 6 |
| Mukkuvan | Malayālam | 40 | 75·1 | 83·5 | 68·6 | 2 |
| Nāyar | Do. | 40 | 74·4 | 81·9 | 70·0 | 1 |
| Vellāla | Tamil | 40 | 74·1 | 81·1 | 67·9 | 2 |
| Agamudaiyan | Do. | 40 | 74·0 | 80·9 | 66·7 | 1 |
| Paraiyan | Do. | 40 | 73·6 | 78·3 | 64·8 | ... |
| Palli | Do. | 40 | 73·0 | 80·0 | 64·4 | 1 |
| Tiyan | Malayālam | 40 | 73·0 | 78·9 | 68·6 | ... |
The difference in the character of the cranium is further brought out by the following tables, in which the
