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Excerpt from Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Vol. 1: An and B Society of Bengal, I commenced an investiga tion of the tribes of the Nilgiri hills, the Todas, Kotas, and Badagas, bringing down on myself the unofficial criticism that anthropological research at high altitudes is eminently indicated when the thermo meter registers 100 in Madras. From this modest beginning have resulted - (i) investigation of various classes which inhabit the city of Madras (2) periodical tours to various parts of the Madras Presidency, with a view to the study of the more important tribes and classes; (3) the publication of Bulletins, wherein the results of my work are embodied (4) the establishment of an anthropological laboratory; (5) a collection of photographs of Native types; (6) a series of lautem slides for lecture purposes; (7) a collection of phono graph records of tribal songs and music. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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