“In this table it is a noticeable fact that the Kâyasth of Bengal Proper, an undoubtedly Sûdra caste, according to Brâhmanic theory, has finer features than the Brâhman, whilst the Chandâl outcaste of the Gangetic delta lies midway between the highborn and allied castes of Brâhmans and Bâbhans in Bihâr. Mr. Nesfield is so satisfied that the people of Upper India are a race mixed beyond recognition, that he does not hesitate to declare that a ‘stranger walking through the class-rooms of the Sanskrit College at Benares would never dream of supposing that the students seated before him were distinct in race and blood from the scavengers who swept the roads.’ It is a singular confirmation of this assertion that Mr. Risley’s table shows no appreciable difference in feature between the Brâhman of the North-Western Provinces and the Chûhra or scavenger of the Panjâb, while the latter has very much the advantage in nasal refinement over the Kshatriya or Râjput of the North-Western Provinces. [The Negritic profile common in the highest castes.] 19. “The foregoing figures, however, are only averages. When one turns to the individual measurements, the entire absence of any common gradation in the nasal indices of the measured castes is still more apparent. The following figures are taken from the general tables of measurements, the five upper entries showing the smallest indices and the five lower the largest indices recorded. The numbers in the first column under each caste are the serial numbers of the individuals in the original table:— BENGAL PROPER. =============+=============+=============+=============+============= Brâhman. | Kâyasth. | Goâla. | Chamâr. | Bâgdi. ~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~ Serial|Index.|Serial|Index.|Serial|Index.|Serial|Index.|Serial|Index. No. | | No. | | No. | | No. | | No. | ~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~ 41 | 56·1 | 23 | 60·0 | 37 | 62·0 | 14 | 62·9 | 33 | 67·3 30 | 58·0 | 15 | 61·5 | 10 | 62·7 | 10 | 64·1 | 85 | 67·3 21 | 58·3 | 29 | 62·2 | 17 | 65·3 | 12 | 66·6 | 41 | 68·0 10 | 60·3 | 63 | 62·7 | 13 | 65·9 | 24 | 66·6 | 74 | 69·2 5 | 60·7 | 2 | 62·9 | 33 | 66·0 | 3 | 67·9 | 27 | 70·0 ~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~+~~~~~~ 73 | 80·4 | 82 | 81·2 | 7 | 83·3 | 23 | 81·3 | 30 | 90·2 84 | 81·2 | 97 | 82·0 | 35 | 84·4 | 27 | 82·2 | 10 | 92·8 85 | 81·2 | 70 | 82·9 | 3 | 84·7 | 15 | 86·0 | 55 | 95·4 94 | 88·6 | 32 | 83·3 | 19 | 84·7 | 11 | 87·2 | 6 | 97·4 75 |100·0 | 9 | 88·8 | 15 | 86·6 | 6 | 88·0 | 2 |100·0 ======+======+======+======+======+======+======+======+======+======