1. Arab.—On the western coast, more especially amongst the Moplahs of the neighbourhood of Goa; where the stock seems to be Arabian on the father's, and Indian on the mother's side.
2. Persian.—Amongst the Parsees and Saint Thomas Christians (?); and, far more unequivocally, and in greater proportions, amongst the Moghul families—these being always more or less Persian; but Persian with such heterogeneous intermixtures of Turk and Mongol blood besides as to make analysis almost impossible.
3. Afghan.—The Rohillas of Rohilcund are Afghan in origin; so are the Patani—indeed, the[202] term Patan means an Afghan of Hindostan wherever he may be.
4. Jewish.
5, 6, 7.—Chinese, Malay, Burmese, &c.
8. European.
Of the Indians out of India, by far the most are—
1. The Gipsies.
2. The Banians, who are the Hindú traders of Arabia, Persia, Cashmir, and other parts of the East.
3. The Hill Coolies, individuals of the Khond and Kúli class, upon whom England is trying the experiment of what may end in a revival of the old crimping system, as a substitute for slave-labour in our intertropical colonies.