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Updated: October 17, 2026
Why, my dear, you were blistered and black when we picked you up, and afterward sienna-colored; now you are almost a beauty!" "I am better much better, and have a great deal to be thankful for, I feel," I contented myself with murmuring. "Of course you have. It was just a chance with you between our ship and death, you know. By-the-by, what name shall we give our 'treasure-trove?"
The sienna-colored Singhalese proper are descended from the early conquerors of the island, the dark-brown Tamils from later invaders who came from southern India, and the copper-colored Moormen from the Arab merchants who came hither to trade for spices many centuries ago. The Singhalese have long, straight, black and silky hair, and are nearly always bareheaded.