[The facial angle. A single type, a mixed one, universal.] 22. “The facial angle of Cuvier, though somewhat discredited by later anthropologists on account of its failure to define minor distinctions of feature, is still a race test that has many advantages. It measures, as is known, the angle made by the plane of the face with the plane of the base of the skull. It is acute in the Negritic peoples, and about a right angle in the Caucasian. Mr. Risley, adopting the notation of Retz, gives the following figures:— =============================++======================++========================++======================= Bengal Proper. || Bihâr. ||North-Western Provinces.|| Panjab. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~++~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~++~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~++~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~ Name of caste. |Average||Name of caste.|Average||Name of caste. |Average||Name of caste.|Average | Index.|| | Index.|| | Index.|| | Index. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~++~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~++~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~++~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~ Brâhman | 67·1 ||Bind | 69·2 ||Kshatriya | 69·6 ||Gûjar | 70·7 Sadgop | 67·0 ||Brâhman | 63·7 ||Goâla | 69·4 ||Sikh | 70·4 Bauri | 66·4 ||Dusâdh | 68·7 ||Pâsi | 69·4 ||Biloch | 70·3 Mâlê or Asal Pahâria | 66·1 ||Bâbhan | 68·6 ||Brâhman | 68·7 ||Arora | 69·3 Mâl Pahâria | 66·1 ||Goâla | 68·3 ||Bhar | 67·9 ||Awan | 69·0 Muchi | 66·1 ||Kurmi | 67·8 ||Kurmi | 67·9 ||Khatri | 68·8 Mâl | 65·8 ||Musahar | 67·2 ||Kâchhi | 67·7 ||Chûhra | 68·8 Chandâl | 65·8 ||Chamâr | 67·1 ||Musahar | 67·7 ||Muchi | 68·7 Kaibartta | 65·4 ||Kahâr | 66·6 ||Lodha | 67·6 ||Pathân | 67·1 Râjbansi | 65·1 ||Maghaiya Dom | 65·7 ||Barhi | 67·1 || | Goâla | 65·1 || | ||Koeri | 66·9 || | Pod | 65·0 || | ||Chamâr | 66·9 || | Bâgdi | 64·9 || | ||Kâyasth | 66·7 || | Kayasth | 64·2 || | ||Bâbhan | 66·6 || | Muhammadan | 63·7 || | ||Kewat | 66·6 || | | || | ||Guriya | 66·4 || | | || | ||Banya | 66·3 || | | || | ||Kanjar | 66·3 || |
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