Veddahs

It was said some years ago that a similarly primitive jungle tribe of Ceylon, known as the Veddahs, could count no more than five, that they could not comprehend "day after to-morrow," and that their vocabulary was limited to about 200 words.

The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895

Dravidas and Todas of India, possibly in the degenerate Veddahs of Ceylon, and finally in the Ainus or "hairy men" of some of the Japanese islands.

The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton

By the union of several families, a primitive association arises, like that of the Veddahs in Ceylon.

The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton

Bushmen, Tasmanians, and Veddahs, who can count only two, and call it many, there is not such a vast gulf between them and mankind.

The Human Side of Animals Royal Dixon 1923

And yet, in the face of what would seem to be the obvious and natural supposition that the Sakay is a half-breed of the Semang and Jakun, our authors, following Professor Rudolf Martin (Die Inlandstämme der malayischen Halbinsel), discover in the Sakay a distinct race of wholly different origin from the Semang and Jakun -- but allied to the Veddahs of Ceylon!

The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913

For these are the Todas and Veddahs, the aboriginals of Monte Carlo, who peopled its sunny slopes in long-forgotten days of rustic life -- once lords of the soil, now pariahs.

Alone Norman Douglas 1910

Islands, the Veddahs of Ceylon, and the Fuegians of South America.

Sociology and Modern Social Problems 1909

To some savage races -- for example, the native Australians, the Veddahs of

The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895

Gypsies allow a brother to marry a sister, while among the Veddahs of Ceylon the marriage of a man with his younger sister is considered _the_ proper marriage.

Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

To speak of instinct and natural selection teaching the Veddahs to abhor marriage with an elder sister while making union with a younger sister

Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890