CHAPTER V.

FIRE. The Fire-using Animal—Esquimaux use of Fire—Fuegian Fire-making—Modes of producing Fire—Australian Fire-myth—Men of the Mammoth Age—Hearths of the Cave-Men—Pacific Root-Word for Fire—Great Cycle of the Aztecs—Rekindling the Sacred Fire—Peruvian Sun-Worshippers—Sacrifice of the White Dog—Sacred Fires of the Mound-Builders—Indian Fire-making—Sanctity of Fire—Tierra del Fuego, 135