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INTRODUCTION.

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.
Kādir72·980·069·1
Irula, Chingleput73·178·668·4
Kānikar73·478·969·1
Mala Vēdan73·480·968·8
Panaiyan74·081·169·4
Chenchu74·380·564·3
Shōlaga74·979·367·8
Paliyan75·779·172·9
Irula, Nilgiris75·880·970·8
Kurumba76·583·371·8

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.

  1. Tribes and Castes of Bengal, 1891.
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