Uaraguaçu, their terms for father

and mother, p. 85.
Uaupés, their custom of pulling out
the eyebrows, p. 167; men more
ornamented than women among
the, p. 182; nakedness of wo-
men among the, pp. 187 n. 5, 192
sq.; female dress on festive oc-
casions among the, p. 198; de-
corations among the, ib. n. I; their
ideal of female beauty, p. 258;
exogamous as a rule, pp. 322,
325, 347; large households of
the, p. 325; ceremony of cap-
ture among the, p. 384; poly-
gyny among the, pp. 441 n. 4,
443 sq.; divorce scarcely occurs
among the, p. 522.

Uea (Loyalty Islands), female
chastity in, p. 64.

Ukraine, peasants of the, preg-
nancy must be followed by mar-
riage among the, p. 24.

Ulaua (Solomon Islands), covering
of the men in, p. 191 n. 3.
Unimak. See Aleuts.
United States, no parental restraints
upon marriage in the, p. 239;
race-endogamy in the, p. 373;
excess of females among mulatto
children in the, p. 477; excess of
female children in the families of
cross-breeds in the, p. 478.
Uplands-lag, punishment for adul-
tery according to the, p. 122.
Ural-Altaic peoples, terms for re-

lations among many, pp. 92 sq.
Uralian family, system of nomen-
clature among the, p. 82.
Usbegs, women's liberty of choice
among the, p. 220 n. 7.

V

Vaitupu (Ellice Islands), tattooing
in, p. 201 n. 4.

Vans, marriage of brother and sister
among the, p. 293.
Variety, man's taste for, pp. 488,
530, 548.

Veddahs, monogamous, pp. 60, 436,
507; divorce unknown among
the, pp. 60, 517; terms of address
among the, pp. 90, 94; jealousy
of the men among the, p. 118;
their decorations, p. 165; mar-

riage with a sister among the,
Pp. 292, 333, 339 sq.; isolation
of families among the, p. 333;
paucity of children among the,
pp. 339 sq.; endogamy of the,
p. 364; marriage by purchase (?)
among the, p. 398; marriage cere-
mony among the, p. 420; poly-
andry abhorrent to the, pp. 515 sq.
Veddahs, Rock, husband's duties

among the, p. 17; live in fami-
lies or small septs, pp. 43 sq.;
social equality among the, p. 506.
Vellalah caste in Coimbatore, poly-
andry among the, p. 454.

Vera Paz, kinship through males
only, in, p. 98.

Vertebrata, lower, fighting for fe-
males among the, p. 159; sexual
selection among the, p. 253;
preference given to vigorous
males by the females of the, p.
255.

Victoria, natives of, the family
among the, p. 45; love among
the, p. 359.

natives of Western, seclu-
sion of the sexes among the, p.
65; punishments for illegitimacy
among the, ib.; combats for wo-
men among the, p. 161; prohibi-
tion of marriage among the, p.
300; relationship by alliance abar
to marriage among the, p. 309;
polygyny among the, p. 444 ;
Levirate among the, p. 511 n. 3;
divorce among the, p. 523.
Villermé, L. R., on the periodical
enhancement of the procreative
power of man, p. 33; on differ-
ences of stature, p. 265.
Virchow, Prof. R., on the prog-
nathous type of face, p. 267; on
marriage between brother and
sister, p. 333.

Virginity, man's requirement of,
from his bride, pp. 123 sq.
Vischer, F. Th., on personal beauty,
p. 258 n. 5.

Vogt, Prof. C., aversion between
different animal species, p. 253 n.
I; on the nte mi ture of breeds,
p. 289.
Voguls, marriage by capture among
the, p. 386 n. 4; divorce excep-
tional among the, p. 521 n. 9.

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Wa-chaga, nakedness of the, pp.
189, 193 sq.; ceremony of cap-
ture among the, p. 384.
Wadaï, fighting for women in, p.161.
Waganda, their punishment for
adultery, p. 121; celibacy caused
by polygyny among the, p. 144;
exogamy among the, p. 306;
their desire for offspring, p. 377;
marriage by purchase among the,
p. 393; excess of women among
the, pp. 464, 465 n. 4; pro-
portion between the sexes at birth
among the, pp. 468, 469, 479;
obligatory continence among the,
p. 484 n.

Wagner, Moriz, on instinctive aver-
sion to intermarriage, p. 320

n. 2.

Waguha, their terms for father, p.
88; terms of address among the,
pp. 91, 94; children named after
the father among the, p. 103;
recognize the part taken by both
parents in generation, p. 105;
celibacy unknown among the, p.
145; endogamy of the, p. 366;
excess of women among the, pp.
464, 465 n. 4; divorce among the,
pp. 522 sq.
Waitahoo (Marquesas Islands),
beauty of the tattooing in, p. 181.
Waitz, Prof. Th., on savage dress,

p. 199; on deviations from the
national type, p. 266.
Wakamba, marry early, p. 138;
local exogamy among the, p.
323; ceremony of capture among
the, p. 384; marriage on credit
among the, p. 394 n. 8; inherit-
ing widows among the, p. 513 n.
I; divorce among the, p. 532 n. 2.
Wake, Mr. C. S., on instinctive

aversion to intermarriage, pp.

320 sq. n. 2.
Walker, Mr. Alex., on the stimu-
lating influence of novelty, p. 182
n. I; on love excited by contrasts,
p. 354, ib. n. 5; on preference
modified by age, p. 362.
Walla Wallas (of the Nez Percés),
obligatory continence among the,
p. 483 n. 5.

Wallace, Mr. A. R., on the origin

of secondary sexual characters,
pp. 243, 250 sq.; on racial differ-
ences as a result of natural selec-
tion, p. 273 n. 1; on the hairless-
ness of man, p. 276 n. 2; on the
infertility of hybrids, p. 279; on
breeding in-and-in, p. 336; on
equality in savage society, p. 505.
Walrus, its substitute for paternal
protection, p. 21.

Wantonness of savages, pp.61,66-72.
Wanyoro, nakedness of girls among
the, p. 197 n. 4; incest among
the, pp. 291, 327; recognized
grades of relationship among the,
p. 327; their desire for offspring,
p. 377; marriage on credit
among the, p. 394; their wed-
dings, p. 418; polygyny among
the, p. 434; obligatory conti-
nence among the, p. 484 n.;
their women become sterile early,
p. 487; inheriting widows among
the, p. 513 n. 1; divorce among
the, p. 530 n. 7.
Warnkoenig, L. A., and Stein, L.,
on the morning gift, p. 407 n. 8.
Warraus, polyandry among the, p.
451; their women get old early,
p. 486; Levirate among the, p.
510 n. 3.

Warua, incest among the, p. 291.
Washington, Indians of Western,

polygyny among the, pp. 443
n. 5, 449; their women not pro-
lific, p. 491 n.; love among
the, p. 503; Levirate among the,
pp. 510 n. 3, 511 n. 2.
Wa-taïta, jus primae noctis among
the, pp. 75 sq.; their custom of
enlarging the ear-lobes, p. 166;
marriage with a sister among the,
pp. 292, 333; ceremony of cap-
ture among the, p. 384; excess
of women among the, p. 464.

Wa-taveita, their want of modesty,
pp. 188 sq.
Watch-an-dies, said to have a
definite pairing season, p. 28;
their festival of Caa-ro, ib.; their
conditions of life, p. 37.
Watubela Islanders, prohibited de-
grees among the, p. 302; mono-
gamous, p. 437 n. I; separation
not allowed among the, p. 517
n. 5.
Watuta, nakedness of men among
the, p. 189.

Weasel, pairing season of the,p. 26 n.
Wedding feasts, pp. 418, 419, 421.
Wedding-ring, p. 421.

Weismann's, Prof. A., theory of
heredity applied to the origin of
the human races, pp. 271-273, 543.
Welcker, H., on stature and the
form of the skull, p. 268.
Welsh, joint-family of the, p. 326;
prohibition of marriage among
the, ib.; endogamy of the, p. 367 ;
ceremony of capture among the,
p. 387; marriage by purchase
among the, pp. 397, 407 sq.;
morning gift among the, pp. 407
sq.; marriage portion among
the, p. 413.

Wetter, class-endogamy in, p. 371

n. 4; female jealousy in, p. 499
n. 6; divorce in, p. 523 n. 9.
Whales, marriage and paternal care

among, p. 12; some, have no
definite pairing season, p. 27.
Wheeler, Mr. J. Talboys, on the
origin of polyandry, p. 116.
Widowers, forbidden to remarry
for a certain period after the
wife's death, p. 129.

Widows, killed, pp. 125 sq.; duties
of, towards deceased husbands,
pp. 126 sq.; forbidden to marry
again, pp. 127 sq.; forbidden to
remarry for a certain period
after the husband's death, pp.
128-130.

Wieland, C. M., on preference
modified by age, p. 362.
Wife, marriage dissolved by the,
pp. 526-529, 534.
Wife-purchase, p. 382.
Wilken, Prof. G. A., on the promis-
cuity of primitive man, pp. 51,
61 n. 2, 78 n. 3; on the maternal

system among the ancient Arabs,
p. 102 n. 4; on the origin of exo-
gamy and the prohibition of
marriage between kindred, p. 316
n. I; on endogamy and incest
among primitive men, p. 353 n. I.
Winnebah, want of conjugal affec-
tion in, p. 357.

Winterbottom, T., on the origin of
the maternal system, p. 108.
Wintun (California), a wife who is
abandoned may destroy her child,
among the, p. 24; struggle of
women for men among the, p.
164; female dress among the,
p. 189; do not buy their wives,
p. 398; superstitious ceremonies
among the, p. 485 n. 2 ; mortality
of children among the, p. 491 n. 4;
divorce rare among the, p. 521.
Wittrock, Prof. V. B., on marriage
between persons with different
and with similar colours of the
eye, p. 355.

Wives, custom of supplying guests
with, pp. 73-75, 130, 131, 539;
exchange of, p. 75; obtained by
service, pp. 390-392; first, pp.
443-448, 547; favourite, pp. 448,
449, 547; status of, p. 550.
Wolf, marriage and paternal care
of the, p. 12; pairing season of
the, p. 26 n.

Wolofs, marriage not complete till

the woman is pregnant, among
the, p. 23; their women get old
early, p. 487.

Women, their liberty of choice,
ch. ix.; more particular in their
choice than men, pp. 253 sq.;
short prime of savage, pp. 486-
488, 548; status of, in monogam-
ous communities, pp. 500-502;
status of, influencing the stability
of marriage, pp. 533, 535 sq.
Wood, Rev. J. G., on brilliant
colours and the power of song as
complementary to each other
among birds, p. 248.

Wukas (New Guinea), marriage
ceremony among the, p. 420 n. 8.
Wundt, Prof. W., on custom and
religion, p. 180; on savage orna-
ments, p. 185; on the feeling of
shame, pp. 186, 189; on the
origin of dress, ib.

Wyandots, their system of nomen-
clature, p. 84; monogamous,
p. 435; Levirate among the,
p. 510 n. 3; marriage upon trial
among the, p. 518.

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Yaguarundi, marriage and paternal
care of the, p. 12.
Yahgans (Tierra del Fuego), no
conspicuous fluctuation in the
number of births among the,
p. 31; their conditions of life,
pp. 37 sq.; terms for relationships
among the, pp. 88, 89, 94; child-
ren belong to the father's clan
among the, p. 99; property
hereditary in the male
among the, ib.; celibacy rare
among the, p. 135; prohibited
degrees among the, pp. 299, 318,
325 infanticide rare among the,
p. 313; their households, p. 325;
proportion between the sexes
among the, p. 466; polyandry
abhorrent to the, p. 515; divorce
among the, p. 522. See Fuegians.
Yak, wild, pairing season of the,
p. 26 n.

Yaméos, local exogamy among the,
pp. 321 sq.

Yap (Carolines), male dress in,
pp. 190 sq.

Yendalines (Indo-China), divorce
among the, p. 519.

Yerkalas, marriage between cousins
among the, p. 297.
Yokuts (California), depravation

due to the influence of the whites
among the, p. 66; speedy re-
marriage of widowers and widows
prohibited among the, p. 129 nn.
2, 6.
Ysabel Islanders (Solomon Islands),
decorations among the, p. 198
n. I. See Mahaga.

Yucatan, excess of women in, p.
461; excess of females among
Ladino children in, p. 477.

ancient, succession through
males in, p. 98; circumcision in,
p. 202; marriage with a half-
sister in, p. 295; exogamy in, p.
298; relationship by alliance a
bar to marriage in, p. 309; di-
vorce in, pp. 521, 533 n. 3.
Yukonikhotana (Alaska), do not
buy their wives, p. 398.

Yule Islanders, men more decorated
than women among the, pp.
183 sq.; position of their women,
p. 184; marriage by purchase
among the, p. 402 n. I.
Yurok (California), marriage on
credit among the, p. 394 n. 8;
validity of marriage among the,
p. 402 n. 4; monogamous, p. 435;
divorce

n. 2.

among the, p. 532

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Zambesi, polygyny down the, p. 495.
Zapotecs, excess of women among
the, p. 461; monogamous, p. 501;
conjugal affection among the,

ib.
Zulus, kinship through males among
the, p. 103; celibacy caused by
poverty among the, p. 143; paint-
ing of girls among the, p. 176
n. 6; prohibition of consanguine-
ous marriage among the, p. 307;
local exogamy among the, pp.
307-323; their views on consan-
guineous marriage, p. 350; wives
obtained by service among the,
p. 390 n. 6; polygyny among
the, pp. 447, 493, 499; Levirate
among the, p. 511 n.; divorce
among the, pp. 522, 523, 530
n. 7, 531 n. 2, 532 n. 2.