like that of the Ulotrichi. The strong development of the beard is also like that of the Mediterranese. The oval form of face seems partly to be akin to that of the Malays, partly to that of the Mediterranese. Their forehead is generally high, their nose prominent and narrow, their lips slightly protruding. During my sojourn in Ceylon (during the winter of 1881-2), I had the opportunity of seeing a great many Dravidas of the Tribe of the Tamils, especially in the plantations on the higher parts of the island. I was surprised at the marked type of this independent black-brown race of men, which is as far removed in formation of face and structure of body from the cinnamou-coloured Singalese (Arians) as from the wolly-haired Negroes, with whom they have no connection whatever. A very remarkable tribe of the Dravidas (perhaps an independent race) is formed by the Todays in the Nilgherry Hills; the upper part of their black body is thickly clothed with hair(as in the Ainos in JapaŒ, and the arches of their eyebrows protrude far in front of their flat foreheads, as in the skull from the Neanderthal. Perhaps the Todas and the other Dravida inhabitants of the mountainous parts of further India are a remnant of a primaeval race of men, who were closely allied to Primitive Men. Their language is now very much mixed with Indo-Germanic elements, but seems to have been originally derived from a very peculiar primaeval language”¹

      “The four human species still to be considered - the Australians, Dravidas, Nubians, and Mediterranese - agree in several characteristics which seem to establish a close relation ship between them, and distinguish them from the preceding species. The chief of these characteristics is the strong development of the beard, which in all other species is either entirely wanting or but very scanty. The hair of their heads is generally not so lank and smooth as in the four preceding species, but in most cases more or less curly. Other characteristics also seem to favour our classing them in one main group of curly-haired men (Euplocami). Out of the common primary form of the Euplocami - whose original home we look for in Southern Asia -