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INTRODUCTION.

results of measurement of the Todas, who inhabit the plateau of the Nīlgiri hills:—

69 ♦♦
70 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
71 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
72 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
73 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Average.
74 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
75 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
76 ♦♦♦♦♦♦
77
78
79
80  
81

I pass on to the consideration of the type of cranium among various Brāhman classes. In the following tables, the results of measurement of representatives of Tulu, Canarese, Marāthi, Tamil and Malayālam Brāhmans are recorded:—

Class. Language. Number of sub-
jects examined.
Cephalic Index. Number
of times
index
was 80
and
over.
Average. Maximum. Minimum.
Shivalli Tulu 30 80·4 96·4 69·4 17
Mandya Canarese 50 80·2 88·2 69·8 31
Karnātaka Do. 60 78·4 89·5 69·8 19
Smarta (Dēsastha). Marāthi[1] 43 76·9 87·1 71   9
Tamil (Madras city). Tamil 40 76·5 84·  69   3
Nambūtiri Malayālam[2] .  76·3 ... ... ...
Pattar Tamil[3] 25 74·5 81·4 69·1  2
  1. The cephalic indices of various Brahman classes in the Bombay Presidency, supplied by Sir H. Risley, are as follows:—Dēsastha, 76·9; Kokanasth, 77·3; Sheni or Saraswat, 79; Nagar, 79·7.
  2. Measured by Mr. F. Fawcett.
  3. The Pattar Brāhmans are Tamil Brāhmans, settled in Malabar.