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The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; vol. 2 of 2 Being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics

KAFFIRS OF SOUTH AFRICA. I. INTELLECTUAL CHARACTER 11 II. COURSE OF LIFE 17 III. COURSE OF LIFE--_Concluded_ 20 IV. MASCULINE DRESS AND ORNAMENTS 28 V. MASCULINE DRESS AND ORNAMENTS--_Concluded_ 36 VI. FEMININE DRESS AND ORNAMENTS 48 VII. ARCHITECTURE 56 VIII. CATTLE KEEPING 6...

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1. VOLUME I.

KAFFIRS OF SOUTH AFRICA. I. INTELLECTUAL CHARACTER 11 II. COURSE OF LIFE 17 III. COURSE OF LIFE--_Concluded_ 20 IV. MASCULINE DRESS AND ORNAMENTS 28 V. MASCULINE DRESS AND ORNAM...

2. VOLUME II.

NEW ZEALAND. LXXVIII. GENERAL REMARKS 792 LXXIX. DRESS 800 LXXX. DRESS--_Concluded_ 807 LXXXI. DOMESTIC LIFE 816 LXXXII. FOOD AND COOKERY 826 LXXXIII. WAR 838 LXXXIV. CANOES 852...

3. CHAPTER LXXVI.

BILBOS, OR NATIVE DOCTORS -- WOUNDS AND BRUISES -- A STRANGE CURE -- TREATMENT OF THE HEADACHE -- A DREAM AND ITS RESULTS -- THE MAGIC CRYSTAL, OR DOCTOR-STONE -- ITS EFFECTS ON...

4. CHAPTER LXXVII.

PARALLEL BETWEEN THE BOSJESMAN AND THE AUSTRALIAN -- MODES OF BUILDING HUTS -- A SUMMER ENCAMPMENT -- RUDE NATURE OF THE HUTS -- RETREATS OF THE WOMEN -- BONE HUTS OF ENCOUNTER...

5. CHAPTER LXXVIII.

LOCALITY OF NEW ZEALAND -- GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE PEOPLE -- THE TWO CASTES, AND THEIR SUPPOSED ORIGIN -- CONTRAST BETWEEN THE SEXES -- LAXNESS OF MORALS -- NUMBER OF THE POPU...

6. CHAPTER LXXIX.

DRESS AND ORNAMENTS OF THE NEW ZEALANDER -- THE TATTOO OR THE MOKO -- ITS FORMIDABLE CHARACTER -- THE TATTOO A MARK OF FREEDOM -- THE TATTOO OF THE FACE, AND ITS DIFFERENT PORTI...

7. CHAPTER LXXX.

THE “MATS” OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS -- THE MATERIAL OF WHICH THEY ARE MADE -- THE NEW ZEALAND FLAX, OR PHORMIUM -- MODE OF MAKING THE MATS -- VARIOUS KINDS OF MATS -- THE RAIN MAT...

8. CHAPTER LXXXI.

CEREMONIES ATTENDANT ON BIRTH -- PREVALENCE AND CAUSES OF INFANTICIDE -- A CURIOUS INSTANCE OF SUPERSTITION -- NAMES AND THEIR SIGNIFICATION -- THE CEREMONY OF SPRINKLING -- THE...

9. CHAPTER LXXXII.

HOSPITALITY OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS -- EFFECTS OF CIVILIZATION -- THE CHURLISH HOSTS AND THEIR REWARD -- A NEW ZEALAND FEAST -- THE WALL OF PROVISIONS -- FOOD-BASKETS -- THE KUMAR...

10. CHAPTER LXXXIII.

THE MODE OF WARFARE DEPENDENT ON WEAPONS -- THE SPEAR, NOW EXTINCT -- THE MERAI, AND THE MATERIALS OF WHICH IT IS MADE -- THE GREEN JADE MERAI, AND ESTIMATION IN WHICH IT IS HEL...

11. CHAPTER LXXXIV.

THE CANOE, AND ITS USES IN PEACE AND WAR -- THE COMMON TRADING CANOE -- SKILL OF THE BOATMEN -- THE LARGE WAR CANOES, AND MODE OF BUILDING THEM -- DECORATIONS OF THE CANOES -- S...

12. CHAPTER LXXXV.

THE GOOD AND EVIL INFLUENCES -- THE LIZARD ATUAS -- ALARM OF THE CHIEF -- MAORI PRAYERS -- DIFFICULTY IN TRANSLATING THEM -- THE SACRED LANGUAGE -- THE TOHUNGAS, OR PRIESTS -- B...

13. CHAPTER LXXXVI.

THE TAPU, OR LAW OF PROHIBITION -- TAPU A SUBSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT -- PROTECTION TO PROPERTY AND MORALS -- ABUSE OF THE TAPU -- THE CHIEF AND THE SAILOR -- THE CHIEF AND HIS MA...

14. CHAPTER LXXXVII.

THE MOURNING OVER THE DEAD CHIEF -- THE TANGI, AND THE SCARS WHICH IT LEAVES -- FIRST BURIAL OF THE CHIEF -- THE WAHI TAPU -- THE SECOND BURIAL, OR “HAHUNGA” -- REMOVAL OF THE T...

15. CHAPTER LXXXVIII.

POSITION AND DIMENSIONS OF NEW CALEDONIA -- APPEARANCE AND DRESS OF THE NATIVES -- THE DANCING MASK -- NATIVE ARCHITECTURE -- SMOKE AND MOSQUITOES -- WARFARE -- CURIOUS WEAPONS...

16. CHAPTER LXXXIX.

POSITION OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS -- ORIGIN OF THE NATIVES -- THEIR ROVING HABITS AND LACK OF CLOTHING -- THEIR HATRED OF STRANGERS -- THE NATIVES AND THE STEAMER -- APPEARANCE OF...

17. CHAPTER XC.

THE HOME OF THE PAPUAN RACE -- DISTINGUISHING MARKS OF THE RACE -- DERIVATION OF THE NAME -- GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE PAPUANS -- THE SIGN OF PEACE -- AN UNFORTUNATE MISUNDERSTAN...

18. CHAPTER XCI.

THE ALFOËRS OR HARAFORAS -- VARIOUS REPORTS RESPECTING THEM -- THEIR MODE OF GOVERNMENT -- AN ALFOËRIAN DIVORCE COURT -- TREPANG COLLECTING -- DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY -- FUNERAL...

19. CHAPTER XCII.

POSITION AND DIMENSIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS -- THE MALAYS AND THE NEGRITOS, OR AJITAS -- RESEMBLANCE TO THE BOSJESMAN -- THE BOW AND POISONED ARROWS -- SKILL IN ARCHERY --...

20. CHAPTER XCIII.

POSITION OF THE FIJI ISLANDS -- GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES -- THEIR PECULIAR HAIR, AND VARIOUS MODES OF DRESSING IT -- HAIR-DYES -- THE FIJIAN MIRROR -- WIG-MAKING -- THE...

21. CHAPTER XCIV.

MAT MAKING -- SAILS FOR THE CANOES -- FLOOR MATS AND BEDDING -- ROPE AND STRING -- SINNET AND ITS VARIOUS USES -- THE NETTING NEEDLE AND MESH -- FANS AND SUNSHADES -- THE ORATOR...

22. CHAPTER XCV.

A NATIVE LEGEND -- THE RAT GOD, AND HIS MISHAPS ON A JOURNEY -- EVASION OF A HUMILIATING CUSTOM -- MODERN CHANGES OF GOVERNMENT -- THE VARIOUS RANKS OF CHIEFS AND PEOPLE -- THE...

23. CHAPTER XCVI.

WEAPONS OF THE FIJIANS -- THE SLING, AND MODE OF USING IT -- THE CLUB, AND ITS VARIOUS MODIFICATIONS -- GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLUB INTO THE PADDLE -- MODE OF MAKING THE CLU...

24. CHAPTER XCVII.

THE GODS AND THEIR ABODES -- VISIT OF THE LAND CRAB -- FIJIAN PRIESTS AND THEIR INSIGNIA -- CONSULTING THE DEITY -- VARIOUS MODES OF DIVINATION -- THE DIFFICULT PASSAGE TO HEAVE...

25. CHAPTER XCVIII.

POSITION OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS -- REASON FOR THE NAME OF THE GROUP -- CHARACTER OF THE NATIVES -- CANNIBALISM -- DRESS AND ORNAMENTS -- NEW IRELAND AND NEW BRITAIN -- NOMAD CHA...

26. CHAPTER XCIX.

FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN TONGA AND FIJI -- THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION -- GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE TONGANS -- THEIR DRESS -- THE GNATOO, AND MODE OF WEARING IT -- MAKING THE GNATO...

27. CHAPTER C.

NATURAL MILDNESS OF THE TONGANS -- BOASTING DISCOURAGED -- WAR APPARENTLY LEARNED FROM THE FIJIANS -- FINOW’S SPEECH TO HIS SOLDIERS, AND A NEW DISCIPLINE -- FATE OF THE VANQUIS...

28. CHAPTER CI.

SACRIFICE OF THE FINGER, AND MODE OF OPERATING -- SACRIFICE OF CHILDREN -- CONSULTING THE GODS -- MODES OF INSPIRATION -- SACRIFICE OF WIVES -- FINOW’S GOOD SENSE -- SUPPOSED CA...

29. CHAPTER CII.

POSITION OF THE GROUP, AND DERIVATION OF THE NAME -- GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE PEOPLE -- THEIR CHARACTER FOR GENTLENESS, HOSPITALITY, HONESTY, AND COURTESY -- CARRYING A MISSION...

30. CHAPTER CIII.

CAUSES OF WAR IN SAMOA -- THE MALO, AND STRUGGLES FOR ITS POSSESSION -- THE CHIEF’S VENGEANCE -- FIRE-ARMS PREVENTIVE OF WAR -- SAMOAN WEAPONS -- THE CLUBS -- PATTERNS OF CLUBS...

31. CHAPTER CIV.

SAMOAN AMUSEMENTS -- PIGEON CATCHING -- THE DECOY BIRDS, AND MODE OF USING THEM -- TRAINING THE BIRDS -- FISHING: THE NET AND THE LINE -- DARING MODE OF SHARK CATCHING -- A BOLD...

32. CHAPTER CV.

POSITION OF THE HERVEY ISLANDS -- FIERCE AND TREACHEROUS NATURE OF THE INHABITANTS -- THE CHIEF MOUROOA, AND HIS VISIT TO THE SHIP -- SKILL IN CARVING -- THEIR BEAUTIFUL PADDLES...

33. CHAPTER CVI.

ORIGIN OF THE NAME -- APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES -- THEIR DRESS -- THE ELABORATE TATTOO OF THE MEN -- DIFFERENCE IN STATURE BETWEEN THE SEXES -- CARE OF COMPLEXION -- A BLEACHING...

34. CHAPTER CVII.

REASON FOR THE NAME OF THE ISLAND -- SINGULAR LEGEND -- THE SAILOR AMONG THE SAVAGES -- APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES -- A SAVAGE WAR DANCE -- MODE OF DRESSING THE HAIR -- COSTUME O...

35. CHAPTER CVIII.

DISCOVERY OF THE ISLANDS, AND REASONS FOR THEIR NAMES -- THE ISLAND OF TAHITI OR OTAHEITE -- CONFORMATION AND CLIMATE OF TAHITI -- THEIR EFFECT UPON THE INHABITANTS -- EFFEMINAT...

36. CHAPTER CIX.

RELIGION OF THE SOCIETY ISLANDS -- THEIR IDOLS -- PARALLEL BETWEEN THE IDOLATRY OF MODERN POLYNESIA AND ANCIENT SYRIA -- ORO, THE GOD OF WAR -- EXTENT OF HIS WORSHIP -- LEGEND O...

37. CHAPTER CX.

THE PRIESTS THE HISTORIANS OF THE SOCIETY ISLANDS -- THE MARO, OR KING’S ROBE, AND ITS HISTORICAL VALUE -- THE HEREDITARY TITLE OF THE KING -- THE KING’S BEARER -- ARCHITECTURE...

38. CHAPTER CXI.

LOCALITY OF THE GROUP -- CONFORMATION AND CLIMATE OF HAWAII -- APPEARANCE AND DRESS OF THE MEN -- FEATHER MANTLES AND HELMETS -- SINGULAR RESEMBLANCE TO CLASSIC MODELS -- APPEAR...

39. CHAPTER CXII.

WEAPONS OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDERS -- KAMEHAMEHA AND THE SPEARS -- TWO KINDS OF SLINGS -- THE WOODEN DAGGER OR PAHÚA -- THE KNIFE FOR CUTTING UP THE BODIES OF SLAIN ENEMIES -- TH...

40. CHAPTER CXIII.

DISCOVERY AND NAMING OF THE ISLANDS -- THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT -- THE MARSHALL AND GILBERT GROUPS -- INHABITANTS OF ROMANZOFF ISLAND -- THE ISLAND OF BORNABI AND ITS INHABITAN...

41. CHAPTER CXIV.

SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THE DYAKS -- NUMBER OF TRIBES -- THE SEA AND LAND DYAKS -- GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES -- TATTOOING MOST PREVALENT AMONG THE LEAST CIVILIZED TRIBES -- D...

42. CHAPTER CXV.

DYAK WEAPONS -- THE SUMPITAN, OR BLOW GUN -- CONSTRUCTION OF THE WEAPON -- THE INLAID OR METAL BUTT -- THE SPEAR HEAD, OR BAYONET -- THE SUMPIT ARROW -- THE UPAS POISON AND ITS...

43. CHAPTER CXVI.

THE BORNEAN SHIELD, ITS USUAL SHAPE AND DECORATIONS -- MODE OF USING IT -- A CURIOUS SHIELD IN MY COLLECTION -- HEAD HUNTING AND ITS ACCOMPANYING HORRORS -- OBJECTS OF SIR JAMES...

44. CHAPTER CXVII.

MARRIAGE AMONG THE DYAKS -- COURTSHIP, ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION -- A SIBUYAN WEDDING -- CURIOUS DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS -- PRIDE OF BIRTH -- STATE OF MORALITY -- FACILITIES OF DIVO...

45. CHAPTER CXVIII.

AERIAL HOUSES -- THE LONG HOUSE AND ITS ARRANGEMENTS -- THE ORANG-KAYA’S ROOM -- STRUCTURE OF THE FLOORING -- REASONS FOR THE DYAK ARCHITECTURE -- THE NIPA PALM AND ITS USES --...

46. CHAPTER CXIX.

THE STATE OF RELIGION AMONG THE DYAKS -- THEIR BELIEF IN A SUPREME BEING -- THE VARIOUS SUBORDINATE GODS -- THE ANTUS, AND THEIR FORMS -- CATCHING A RUNAWAY SOUL -- THE BUAU AND...

47. CHAPTER CXX.

POSITION OF THE COUNTRY AND SIGNIFICATION OF THE NAME -- CONFORMATION OF THE LAND AND ITS ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE LIFE -- APPEARANCE OF THE FUEGIANS -- ERRONEOUS IDEAS CONCERNING T...

48. CHAPTER CXXI.

POSITION OF PATAGONIA -- STATURE OF THE INHABITANTS -- SIGNIFICATION OF THE NAME -- HORSE FURNITURE -- THE STIRRUP AND BOOT -- AN INGENIOUS SPUR -- THE GIRTH AND ITS CONSTRUCTIO...

49. CHAPTER CXXIII.

PATAGONIAN MARRIAGE -- APPEAL OF A SUITOR -- REJECTION OF THE OFFER, AND RESULT OF THE NEGOTIATION -- CURIOUS MODE OF SMOKING -- PRESCRIPTION FOR A SICK CHILD -- PATAGONIANS AT...

50. CHAPTER CXXIV.

DIVISION OF THE NATION INTO TRIBES -- THE MAPUCHÉS -- PECULIAR STRUCTURE OF THE HEAD -- THE CHERIPA, PONCHO, AND BOOTS -- MODE OF SHAVING -- DRESSING THE HAIR -- THE “PULLING HA...

51. CHAPTER CXXV.

LOVE OF THE HORSE -- THE STIRRUP, BIT, AND SPUR OF THE ARAUCANIANS -- MODE OF FASTENING THE SPUR ON THE HEEL -- TRAINING OF THE HORSES -- VALUE OF THE HORSE ACCOUTREMENTS -- HAT...

52. CHAPTER CXXVI.

THE GAME OF PELICAN, AND ITS CLOSE RESEMBLANCE TO HOCKEY -- AVAS, OR THE EIGHT BEANS GAME -- MANUFACTURES -- MAKING BROTHERHOOD, AND EXCHANGING NAMES -- AN IRRUPTION OF NEW RELA...

53. CHAPTER CXXVII.

THE GRAN CHACO AND ITS INHABITANTS -- THEIR LOVE OF FREEDOM -- CONTRAST OF THE TWO RACES IN SOUTH AMERICA -- THE VARIOUS TRIBES IN THE COUNTRY -- APPEARANCE OF THE INHABITANTS -...

54. CHAPTER CXXVIII.

POSITION AND NUMBER OF THE MUNDURUCÚ TRIBE -- THEIR GENERAL APPEARANCE -- MODE OF TATTOOING -- SKILL IN FEATHER WORKING -- FEATHER SCEPTRES AND APRONS -- HEAD PRESERVING -- THE...

55. CHAPTER CXXIX.

CHANGES OF LANGUAGE -- INVERSION OF WORDS AND SENTENCES -- THE TALKING PARROT -- THE FIVE CHIEF TRIBES OF GUIANA -- PECULIARITY OF CLIMATE, AND CONSEQUENT EFFECT ON VEGETABLE AN...

56. CHAPTER CXXX.

EFFECT OF THE WOURALI -- DEATH OF THE AI -- THE LARGER ARROWS -- TUFTED ARROWS -- A SINGULAR QUIVER -- ARRANGEMENT OF THE MOVABLE HEAD -- QUIVER FOR THE HEADS -- FATE OF THE WOU...

57. CHAPTER CXXXI.

GUIANAN CLUBS -- THE SAPAKANA AND POTU -- WARFARE -- CANNIBALISM -- THE SHELL MOUND AND ITS CONTENTS -- RISE AND FALL OF THE CARIB TRIBE -- BLOOD FEUDS -- THE KANAIMA AND ITS RE...

58. CHAPTER CXXXII.

ARCHITECTURE -- THE ORDINARY GUIANAN HOUSE -- THE MACOUSHIE AND INLAND HUTS -- CHOICE OF THE SITE -- MATRIMONIAL ARRANGEMENTS -- POLYGAMY AND ITS RESULTS -- A BREACH OF PROMISE...

59. CHAPTER CXXXIII.

FEATHER HEADDRESSES AND THEIR STRUCTURE -- THE FEATHER APRON -- DRESS OF THE WOMEN -- THE KIMISA AND QUEYU -- MODE OF MANUFACTURE -- HARMONY OF COLOR -- MR. BAINES’ THEORY -- A...

60. CHAPTER CXXXIV.

BELIEF IN ONE CHIEF DEITY AND MANY DEMI-GODS -- THE SORCERER OR PIAI-MAN, AND HIS TRAINING -- THE SACRED RATTLE -- DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF THE PIAI-MAN -- CURING DISEASE AND DR...

61. CHAPTER CXXXV.

MEXICO AS IT IS, AND WAS BEFORE THE SPANISH CONQUEST -- WHY THE EMPIRE FAILED -- CONTRADICTORY ACCOUNTS OF THE ANCIENT MEXICANS -- THE RUINS OF THEIR BUILDINGS -- HUMAN SACRIFIC...

62. CHAPTER CXXXVI.

GENERAL NOTICE OF THE TRIBES -- THEIR COLOR AND FEATURES -- CATLIN’S DESCRIPTION OF A CROW CHIEF -- LONG HAIR OF THE MEN -- SILVER HAIR OF THE MANDAN TRIBE -- GOVERNMENT OF THE...

63. CHAPTER CXXXVII.

MARTIAL CHARACTER OF THE TRIBES -- THEIR MODE OF FIGHTING -- DECLARATION OF WAR, AND APPLICATION FOR VOLUNTEERS -- WEAPONS -- THE PLAIN AND THE SPIKED CLUB -- THE SHIELD, AND TH...

64. CHAPTER CXXXVII.

NORTH AMERICAN HUNTERS -- BISON OR BUFFALO HUNTING -- THE CHASE ON HORSEBACK -- USE OF THE GUN -- BISON DRIVING -- THE SNOW SHOE, AND ITS USE IN BISON HUNTING -- THE DISGUISE IN...

65. CHAPTER CXXXVIII.

THE TERRIBLE ORDEAL OF THE MANDANS -- LEGEND OF THE FLOOD -- APPROACH OF THE FIRST MAN -- THE GREAT MEDICINE LODGE, AND ITS CONTENTS -- APPROACH OF THE CANDIDATES, AND DEPARTURE...

66. CHAPTER CXXXIX.

MARRIAGE -- AN ENTERPRISING BRIDEGROOM, AND HIS SUDDEN ELEVATION TO RANK -- TREATMENT OF WOMEN -- TREATMENT OF CHILDREN -- PORTRAIT OF PSHAN-SHAW -- OF INDIAN BOY -- THE CRADLE...

67. CHAPTER CXL.

APPEARANCE OF THE PEOPLE -- THEIR COMPLEXION, AND DIFFICULTY OF SEEING IT -- AN ESQUIMAUX CHILD WASHED AND COMBED -- BODILY STRENGTH -- DRESS OF THE MEN -- THE TAILED COAT -- “M...

68. CHAPTER CXLI.

MODES OF HUNTING -- SEAL HUNTING IN THE SNOW -- THE INFANT DECOY -- THE SEAL’S IGLOO -- AN IVORY FLOAT -- SEAL “TALK” -- THE HARPOONS AND SPEARS -- SPEARING THE WALRUS -- THE IC...

69. CHAPTER CXLII.

DEFINITION OF THE AHT TRIBES -- APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES -- STRENGTH OF GRASP -- PECULIARITY OF THE LEGS -- GAIT OF THE WOMEN -- SPEED OF THE MEN -- DANCE -- THE LIP ORNAMENT O...

70. CHAPTER CXLIII.

MANUFACTURE OF CANOES -- CORRECT EYE OF THE NATIVE BUILDERS -- MATERIAL AND SHAPE OF THE PADDLE -- MODE OF USING IT -- PATTERN WITH WHICH IT IS DECORATED -- “CUTTING” THE WAVES...

71. CHAPTER CXLIV.

ARCHITECTURE OF THE AHTS -- SEMI-NOMADIC CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE -- THE PERMANENT FRAMEWORK, AND MOVABLE WALLS AND ROOF -- DIVISION OF THE HOUSE -- RANK OF THE OCCUPANTS -- OBJE...

72. CHAPTER CXLV.

LARGE STATURE -- THE TO-TOOK -- ORNAMENTS -- BAIDARRES -- UNDERGROUND HOUSES -- MALEMUTE DANCE -- CHIEF ALEUYANUK -- INGELETES -- HOUSES -- HONESTY -- CO-YUKONS -- DRESS -- MOUR...

73. CHAPTER CXLVI.

HOME OF THE TCHUKTCHI -- INDEPENDENCE -- DISTRICT OF THE RUSSIANS -- CARAVANS -- INTOXICATION BY TOBACCO -- FAIR OF OSTROWNOJE -- GRAVITY OF THE TCHUKTCHI -- THEIR TENT -- MADAM...

74. CHAPTER CXLVII.

THEIR BARBARISM -- NUM, OR JILIBEAMBAERTJE -- SHAMANISM -- SAMOÏEDE IDOLS -- SJADÆI -- HAHE -- THE TADEBTSIOS, OR SPIRITS -- THE TADIBES, OR SORCERERS -- THEIR DRESS -- THEIR IN...

75. CHAPTER CXLVIII.

LOCALITY OF THE SOWRAH TRIBE -- GENERAL APPEARANCE -- THE TARTAR CHARACTER OF THE FEATURES -- DRESS OF THE MEN, THEIR SCANTY COSTUME AND PLENTIFUL ORNAMENTS -- CURIOUS EAR-RINGS...

76. CHAPTER CXLIX.

THE GHOORKA TRIBE AND THEIR FAVORITE WEAPON -- BLADE AND CURVED HANDLE OF THE “KOOKERY” -- MODE OF STRIKING WITH IT -- THE ADDITIONAL KNIVES -- MAKING “WOOTZ” STEEL -- FIGHTING...

77. CHAPTER CL.

PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN SACRIFICE -- THE SUTTEE, OR WIDOW BURNING -- HER FATE DESIRED BY HERSELF AND HER NEAREST RELATIVES -- REASONS FOR THE SACRIFICE -- CONTRAST BETWEEN THE LIFE O...

78. CHAPTER CLI.

FALCONRY -- THE MINA BIRD AND ITS FEATS -- SNAKE CHARMERS -- SUSPICION OF IMPOSTURE -- GENERAL CAMPBELL’S ACCOUNT OF THE COBRA AND THE CHARMER -- DEATH OF THE MAN -- DIFFICULTY...

79. CHAPTER CLII.

MUTUAL INFLUENCE OF THE TARTARS AND CHINESE UPON EACH OTHER -- A CHINESE BATTLE -- DASH AND COURAGE OF TARTAR HORSEMEN -- TARTAR GUNNERS -- “CATCHING A TARTAR” -- THE BOW, AND M...

80. CHAPTER CLIII.

APPEARANCE OF THE CHINESE -- MODE OF PLAITING THE “TAIL” -- THE CHINESE BARBER -- THE REFUSE HAIR AND ITS USES -- CEREMONIOUS EMPLOYMENT OF THE TAIL -- DRESSING THE HAIR OF THE...

81. CHAPTER CLIV.

WEAPONS OF THE CHINESE -- BREECH-LOADING CANNON -- VARIOUS FORMS OF THE JINGALL -- CHINESE ARTILLERYMEN AND THEIR MAGAZINE -- BOWS AND ARROWS -- THE REPEATING CROSS-BOW AND ITS...

82. CHAPTER CLV.

OPIUM SMOKING -- SINGULAR RESULT OF THE HABIT -- MODE OF USING THE OPIUM PIPE -- TOBACCO SMOKING -- THE WATER PIPE -- WEIGHTS AND MEASURES -- THE STEELYARD AND ITS USES -- BOAT-...

83. CHAPTER CLVI.

POSITION AND NAME OF JAPAN -- APPEARANCE OF THE JAPANESE -- DRESS OF THE MEN -- USE OF SLEEVES -- HAIR-DRESSING -- COURT DRESS -- THE TATTOO AND ITS USES -- A STREET SCENE IN JA...

84. CHAPTER CLVII.

SUMPTUARY LAWS -- SYSTEM OF ESPIONAGE -- THE DUPLICATE EMPIRE -- POWERS OF THE TYCOON AND MIKADO -- THE DAIMIOS AND THEIR RETAINERS -- THE TWO SWORDS -- LONINS, OR OUTLAWS -- JA...

85. CHAPTER CLVIII.

DUPLEX GOVERNMENT -- PERSONAL CHARACTER OF THE KING -- THE LATE FIRST KING AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- APPEARANCE OF THE SIAMESE -- THE MODE OF ARRANGING THE HAIR -- DRESS OF BOT...

86. CHAPTER CLIX.

Many of my readers may be aware of the remarkable discovery that was made in 1853-4, showing that even in Europe there lived, at one time, a race of men having exactly the same...

87. CHAPTER CLX.

DR. LIVINGSTONE’S LAST EXPEDITION -- MAKONDÉ -- JUNGLE -- NATIVES WILLING TO WORK -- THEIR FOOD -- NUMBER REDUCED BY SLAVE TRADE -- MODE OF SALUTATION -- PERSONAL APPEARANCE --...

88. CHAPTER CLXI.

THEIR CURIOSITY -- APPEARANCE OF THE WOMEN -- MATAKA’S RECEPTION OF LIVINGSTONE -- REMARKABLE DECISION OF THIS CHIEF -- HIS VIEWS OF SLAVE TRADE -- THE WAIYAU WILLING AGENTS OF...

89. CHAPTER CLXII.

APPEARANCE OF THE BABISA -- MODE OF SALUTATION -- COWARDICE AND FALSEHOOD -- THE RAIN DANCE -- THEIR IMPLEMENTS -- THEIR FOOD -- THEIR SUSPICION -- SLAVE TRADE -- DEGRADED CONDI...

90. CHAPTER CLXIII.

LIVINGSTONE’S DEPARTURE FROM UJIJI -- LORD OF THE PARROT -- GRAPHIC PICTURE -- MOENÉKUSS AND HIS SONS -- FEAR OF THE MANYUEMA -- THEIR HORRIBLE DEEDS -- REMARKABLE BEAUTY OF THE...

91. CHAPTER CLXIV.

THEIR BLOOD-THIRSTY CHARACTER -- BRUTAL CUSTOMS -- UNTRUTHFUL BUT HONEST -- FEAR OF GUNS -- BAD REPUTATION -- CANNIBALISM -- ONLY ENEMIES EATEN -- ABUNDANCE OF FOOD -- WANT OF P...

92. CHAPTER CLXV.

SIGNIFICATION OF UNYAMWEZI -- EXTENT OF ITS TERRITORY -- CHARMING SCENERY -- STANLEY’S DESCRIPTION -- TREES OF FOREST -- FRUIT-BEARING TREES -- THE “MEDICINE MAN” -- CREDULITY O...

93. CHAPTER CLXVI.

UVINZA, ITS LOCATION -- MODE OF SALUTATION -- GREAT MUTWARE OF KIMENYI -- HIS EXTORTION -- THE CARAVAN STOPPED -- LONG PARLEY WITH CHIEF MIONVU -- MIONVU’S SPEECH -- STANLEY’S R...

94. CHAPTER CLXVII.

DR. SCHWEINFURTH, THE DISCOVERER OF THIS TRIBE -- THEIR LOCALITY -- THEIR GOVERNMENT -- KINGS DOGBERRA AND MUNZA -- BONGWA AND HIS WIFE VISIT DR. SCHWEINFURTH -- RECEPTION OF SC...

95. CHAPTER CLXVIII.

A TRADITION OF THE CENTURIES -- AN ETHNOLOGICAL QUESTION SETTLED -- DR. SCHWEINFURTH’S DISCOVERY OF THE AKKA RACE -- HIS INTERVIEW WITH ADIMOKOO -- WAR-DANCE OF THE LITTLE PYGMY...

96. CHAPTER CLXIX.

BEADS AS CURRENCY -- MOST POPULAR KINDS -- MODE OF BECKONING -- NATIVE SURGERY -- RELIGION -- IDOLS, REPRESENTING DECEASED KINDRED -- COMMUNION WITH DEPARTED SPIRITS -- THEIR RE...

97. CHAPTER CLXX.

THE UNLIKENESS OF RACES -- LIVINGSTONE’S PROTEST AGAINST MAN-SELLING -- DISCUSSIONS WITH AFRICAN CHIEFS -- THEIR EXCUSES FOR SLAVE-TRADE -- HORRORS OF THE TRAFFIC -- ARAB RAGE A...

98. CHAPTER CLXXI.

HIGHLANDERS OF WESTERN CHINA -- PATRIARCHAL GOVERNMENT -- TRIBUTE PAID TO THE CHIEF -- ARCHITECTURE OF THE KAKHYENS -- PERSONAL APPEARANCE -- THEIR PRINCIPAL WEAPON -- SERVILE L...