il faut done l'appeller Prédravidien, ou, si nous voulons lui donner un nom qui ne soit pas relatif à une autre population, on peut l'appeler Nègre Paria."
In support of M. Lapicque's statement that the primitive inhabitant was dolichocephalic or sub-dolichocephalic, I may produce the evidence of the cephalic indices of the various jungle tribes which I have examined in the Tamil, Malayālam, and Telugu countries:—
Cephalic Index.
| — | Average. | Maximum. | Minimum. |
| Kādir | 72·9 | 80·0 | 69·1 |
| Irula, Chingleput | 73·1 | 78·6 | 68·4 |
| Kānikar | 73·4 | 78·9 | 69·1 |
| Mala Vēdan | 73·4 | 80·9 | 68·8 |
| Panaiyan | 74·0 | 81·1 | 69·4 |
| Chenchu | 74·3 | 80·5 | 64·3 |
| Shōlaga | 74·9 | 79·3 | 67·8 |
| Paliyan | 75·7 | 79·1 | 72·9 |
| Irula, Nilgiris | 75·8 | 80·9 | 70·8 |
| Kurumba | 76·5 | 83·3 | 71·8 |
It is worthy of note that Haeckel defines the nose of the Dravidian as a prominent and narrow organ. For Risley has laid down[1] that, in the Dravidian type, the nose is thick and broad, and the formula expressing the proportionate dimension (nasal index) is higher than in any known race, except the Negro; and that the typical Dravidian, as represented by the Mālē Pahāria, has a nose as broad in proportion to its length as the Negro, while this feature in the Aryan group can fairly bear comparison with the noses of sixty-eight Parisians, measured by Topinard, which gave an average of 69·4.
- ↑ Tribes and Castes of Bengal, 1891.
