See also:

• VEDDAHS, or WEDDAHS (from Sanskrit veddha, " hunter ")

VEDDAHS, or WEDDAHS (from See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit veddha, " See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

hunter ")  , a See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive See also:

• PEOPLE

people of See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, probably representing the Yakkos or " demons " of See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit writers, the true See also:

• ABORIGINES

aborigines of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island . During the Dutch occupation (1644-1796) they were found as far See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north as See also:

• JAFFNA

Jaffna, but are now confined to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern See also:

• DISTRICT

district, about the wooded Bintenna, See also:

• BADULLA

Badulla and Nil-gala hills, and thence to the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast near See also:

• BATTICALOA

Batticaloa . They are divided into two classes, the Kele Weddo or See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle See also:

• VEDDAHS, or WEDDAHS (from Sanskrit veddha, " hunter ")

Veddahs, and the Gan Weddo, or semi-civilized See also:

• VILLAGE

village Veddahs . The Veddahs exhibit the phenomenon of a See also:

• RACE

race living the wildest of See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage lives and yet speaking an See also:

• ARYAN

Aryan See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect . Craniometrical See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence strongly favours the theory, now generally accepted, that they represent a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the pre-Aryan Dravidians of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, and that their ancestors probably made a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in the island of Ceylon in prehistoric times, detaching them-selves from a migrating See also:

• HORDE

horde which passed through the island to find at last a permanent See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia . The true jungle veddahs are almost a dwarfish race . They are dark-skinned and See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-nosed, slight of See also:

• FRAME

frame and very small of See also:

• SKULL

skull, and See also:

• AVERAGE

average no more than 5 ft . Their See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair is shaggy rather than lank . They are a shy, harmless, See also:

• SIMPLE

simple folk, living chiefly by See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting; they See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime birds, catch See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish by poisoning the See also:

• WATER

water, and are skilled in getting See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey; they have bows with See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-pointed arrows and breed hunting See also:

• DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs . They dwell in caves or bark huts, and their word for See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house is Sinhalese for a hollow See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, rukula . They See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count on their fingers, and make See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire with the simplest See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of fire-See also:

• DRILL

drill twirled by See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . They are monogamous, and their conjugal fidelity contrasts strongly with the vicious habits of the Sinhalese .

Their See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion has been described as a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of demon-See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, consisting of See also:

• RUDE, FRANCOIS (1784–1855)

rude dances and shouts raised to scare away the evil See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits, whom they confound with their ancestors . The Veddahs are not to be confounded with the Rodiyas of the western uplands, who are a much finer race, tall, wellporportioned, with See also:

• REGULAR

regular features, and speak a See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language said to be radically distinct from all the Aryan and See also:

• DRAVIDIAN (Sanskrit Dravida)

Dravidian dialects current in Ceylon . There is, however, in See also:

• TRAVANCORE

Travancore, on the mainland, a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste " Veda " tribe, nearly black, with wavy or frizzly hair, and now speaking a Malayalim (Dravidian) dialect (Jagor), who probably approach nearer than the insular Veddahs to the aboriginal pre-Dravidian " negrito " See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element of southern India and Malaysia . See See also:

• PERCIVAL, JAMES GATES

Percival, Description of Island of Ceylon (1805); Cordiner, Description of Ceylon (1807); See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY

Davy, Ceylon and its Inhabitants (1821); Stirr, Ceylon and the Singhalese (185o), See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• EMERSON, RALPH WALDO (1803-1882)
• EMERSON, WILLIAM (1701-1782)

Emerson See also:

• TENNENT, SIR JAMES EMERSON, BART

Tennent, Ceylon (1859); J . See also:

• BAILY, EDWARD HODGES (1788-1867)
• BAILY, FRANCIS (1774-1844)
• BAILY, WILLIAM HELLIER (1819-1888)

Baily, Trans. of Ethnol . See also:

• SOC

Soc., New See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

Series, vol. ii . (1863); Rolleston, Trans. of Brit . See also:

• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

Ass . (1872); B . F . Hartshorne, Fortnightly See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, New Series, vol. xix. p . 406 .

The most elaborate monograph is that of See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor See also:

• VIRCHOW, RUDOLF (1821-1902)

Virchow, Ober See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Weddds von Ceylon and ihre Beziehungen zu den Nachbarstammen (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1882) . See also E . B . See also:

• TYLOR, EDWARD BURNETT (1832- )

Tylor, Primitive Culture; A . See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson, " See also:

• OSTEOLOGY (Gr. ovTeov, bone)

Osteology of Veddahs," in Journ . Anthrop . See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute (1889), vol. xix. p . 125; L. de Zoysa, " Origin of Veddahs," in See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal, Ceylon Branch, Royal See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Society, vol. vii .