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Abercromby, Mr. John, on marriage
with capture, p. 388.
Abipones, marriage not complete
till the birth of a child among
the, p. 22; chastity of women
among the, p. 66; rank here-
ditary in the male line among the,
p. 99; tattooing of young people
among the, p. 177; their custom of
plucking out the eyebrows, p. 182;
women's power of choice among
the, p. 216 n. 9; horror of con-
sanguineous marriage among the,
p. 299; infanticide among the,
p. 312; marriage by purchase
among the, p. 393 n. 2; polygyny
exceptional among the, p. 441
n. 4; divorce among the, p. 530

n. 3.
Abors, female dress among the,
p. 197 n. 8; liberty of choice
among the, p. 219 n. 8; endo-
gamy of the, p. 366; monogamous
as a rule, p. 439 n. II.
Pádams.

See

Sissee, polyandry among the,
p. 452; polygyny among the,
p. 455.
Abyssinians, their punishment for
adultery, p. 122 n. 8 ; marry early,
p. 138; tattooing of women among
the, p. 169; circumcision among
the, pp. 202, 203, 206 n. 1; cere-
mony of capture among the, p.
384; marriage portion among the,
p. 414 n. 4; female jealousy
among the, p. 499; divorce among
the, p. 520.

Acawoios, monogamous, p. 435

n. II.

Acclimatization, pp. 268–270.
Accra, kinship through males at,
p. 102; relationship by alliance a
bar to marriage at, p. 309; mar-
riage portion at, p. 410, n. 11.
Achomawi (California), marriage by

purchase among the, p. 401 n. 13.
Adam, Mr. W., on consanguineous
marriage, p. 339.

Adelaide Plains, natives inhabiting
the, their depravation due to the
influence of the whites, p. 68.
Admiralty Islanders, hair dress of
the young men among the, p. 175 ;
painting of women among the,
p. 181 n. 4; men more decorated
than women among the, p. 183;
covering of the men among the,
p. 191 n. 5; shell worn by the men
among the, p. 201; their ideas of
modesty, p. 208.

Adultery, punishments inflicted for,
pp. 121, 122, 130.
Adyrmachidae, jus primae noctis
among the, pp. 76 sq.

Aenezes, women's liberty of choice
among the, pp. 220 n. 7, 222;
endogamy of the, p. 371; their
views on marriage by purchase,
p. 408 n. 8.

Aetas (Philippines), monogamous as
a rule, p. 440.

Affection, ch. xvi., p. 546.
Africa, no people living in promis-
cuity in, p. 59.

Africans, paternal duties among

certain, pp. 16 sq.; pregnancy
must be followed by marriage

among certain, p. 23; female
unchastity punished by certain,
p. 62 n. 8; preservation of the
chastity of wives among many,
p. 120; punishment for adultery
among certain, p. 122 n. 4; vir-
ginity required from the bride
among certain, pp. 123 sq. ; infibu-
lation of girls among many,
p. 124; widows killed among
certain, p. 125; lip-ornaments
among certain, p. 166; knocking
out teeth among certain, p. 174;
the men more ornamented than
the women among many, p. 182;
only unmarried women cover their
nakedness among many, pp. 195
sq.; a covering considered more
necessary for men than women
by many, p. 199; infanticide
almost unknown among the, p.
312; fertile women respected
among the, p. 378 n. 3; their
desire for offspring, pp. 378 sq.;
marriage by purchase does not
occur among certain, p. 398;
marriage portion among certain,
p. 410 n. 11; no marriage portion
among many, p. 414 n. 5; poly-
gyny among the, pp. 439, 490,
493,506; class distinctions among
the p. 506.

Africans, Eastern Central, terms for
relationships among the, pp. 87,
93; recognise the part taken
by both parents in generation,
p. 105; children named after
the mother's tribe among cer-
tain, ib.; the husband goes to
live near the wife's family
among certain, p. 109; female
lip-ornament among the, p. 166;
women more decorated than men
among the, p. 183; position of
women among the, ib.; circum-
cision among the, pp. 201 sq.;
women more particular in their
choice than men among the, p.
254; endogamy of the, p. 366;
marriage by capture among the,
p. 384; no marriage portion
among the, p. 414 n. 5; mono-
gamous as a rule, pp. 438 sq.;
polygyny among the, pp. 446,
491, 492, 499; their women get

old early, p. 487; Levirate among
the, p. 511 n.; divorce among
the, pp. 522, 527 n. 1, 528, 532 n. 6.
Africans, Equatorial, punishments
for wantonness among the, p. 62 ;
lending wives among several, p.
74 n. I; terms of address among
the, p. 91; painting of girls among
the, pp. 176 sq.; nakedness of
the, p. 193; endogamy of the,
p. 366; polygyny among the,
pp. 491, 494 sq.

South, celibacy unknown
among the, p. 135; circumcision
among the, pp. 204 sq.; polygyny
among the, p. 446.

West, circumcision among
certain, p. 201; women's power
of choice among certain, p. 220;
appreciation of female beauty
among certain, p. 257; exogamy
among certain, p. 306; Levirate
among certain, p. 511 n. ; rule of
inheritance ainong certain, p. 512
n. 3

Agades, coquetry of the women of,
p. 200.

Agassiz, L., on fertility of union as

a characteristic of species, p. 288.
Ahl el Shemál (Syria), marriage
portion among the, p. 410.
Ahts (British Columbia), property,
&c., hereditary in the male line
among the, p. 98; virginity re-
quired from the bride among the,
p. 123; paint used by the young
people among the, p. 176; mar-
riage arranged by the parents
anong the, p. 224 n. 3; prohibited
degrees among the, p. 297; infanti-
cide almost unknown among the,
p. 312; endogamy of the, p. 365 ;
class-endogamy of the, p. 370;
marriage by capture among the,
p. 383; marriage by purchase
among the, p. 392 n. 3; compen-
sation for capture among the,
p. 401; return gift among the,
p. 409; marriage portion among
the, p. 414 n. 4; polygyny among
the, pp. 441 n. 4, 443, ib. n. 5 ;
excess of male births among the,
p. 466.
Ainos,kinship through males among
the,p. 102; remarriage of widowers

and widows prohibited for a cer-
tain period among the, p. 129, ib.
n. 6; marry early, p. 138; court-
ship by women among the, p.
159; alleged religious origin of
tattooing among the, p. 170;
women's liberty of choice among
the, p. 220; decrease of the,
p. 348; endogamy of the, pp. 348,

366 sq.; wives obtained by

service among the, p. 391 n.;
no marriage ceremony among
the, p. 418; concubinage among
the, p. 445; Levirate among the,
p. 511 n.
Ainos of the Kuriles, bigamy among
the, p. 450 n. 6.

Tsuishikari, their terms for
grandfather and grandmother, p.

92.

of Yesso, the husband lives
with his father-in-law till the
birth of a child among the, p. 22;
tattooing by instalments among
the, p. 178 n. 5; marriage be-
tween cousins among the, p. 296;
do not buy their wives, pp. 397 sq.;
polygyny among the, pp. 438,
494, 495, n. 2; their women get
old early, pp. 486 sq.

Akas, do not use milk, p. 484 n. 6.
Akka, circumcision among the, p. 202
Alamanni, decay of marriage by
purchase among the, pp. 404, 407 ;
dower among the, p. 407.
Alaska. See Port des Français, Yu-
konikhotana.

Aleuts, punishment for illegitimate

births among the, p. 65; lending
wives among the, p. 74 n. 1;
speedy remarriage of widowers
and widows prohibited among
the, p. 129 n. 6; men brought up
like women among the, p. 134
n. 2; their want of modesty, p.
210; marriage between cousins
among the, p. 296; their views
on infanticide, p. 312; their views
on incest, p. 352; wives obtained
by service among the, p. 390 n. 5 ;
marriage by purchase among the,
p. 401 n. 13; no marriage cere-
mony among the, p. 417 n. 4;
polygyny among the, pp. 443,
494; polyandry among the, pp.

450, 457; divorce among the
pp. 520, 521, 530, 533 n. I.
Aleuts, Atkha, marriage binding
only after the birth of a child
among the, pp. 23, 216; jealousy
of the men among the, p. 118;
Levirate among the, p. 511 n. 3.

of the Fur-Seal Islands, men
more desirous of self-decoration
than women among the, p. 184.

of Oonalashka, polyandry
among the, p. 450; polygyny and
divorce among the, p. 493.

of Unimak, marriage by cap-
ture among the, p. 383.
Algonquins, exogamy among the,
p. 297; polygyny among the, p.
443; obligatory continence among
the, p. 483 n. 2.
Allahabad, Hindus of, seasonal in-
crease of births among the, pp.
32, 36 sq.

Allen, Mr. Grant, on love excited
by contrasts, p. 354.
Alsace-Lorraine, births in, p. 470;
consanguineous marriages in, p.
481 n. 3.

Amazons, tribes of Upper, close
intermarriage among the, p. 347 ;
infertility of their women, ib.
Amboina, prohibited degrees in, p.
302.

America, caste distinctions in, p. 369.
States of, divorce in the,
p. 526 n. 5.
American Indians, their system of
nomenclature, pp. 82 sq.; their
difficulty in pronouncing labials,
p. 87; terms of address among
the, p. 89; ideas of delicacy in
married life among certain, p.
152; shaving and ornamenting
the head among certain, p. 167;
unions with negresses rare among
the, p. 254; painting the body
among the, p. 264; obligatory
continence among the, p. 483
n.6; polygyny among the, p. 492.
Andamanese, pregnancy followed
by marriage among the, p. 24
n. 3; alleged looseness of the
marriage tie among the, p. 53;
monogamous, pp. 52, 53, 55,
57, 436, 507; divorce unknown
among the, pp. 57, 517; fidelity

among the, p. 57; their terms
for relations, pp. 90 sq.; sexual
modesty of the, p. 152 n. 3;
tattooing by instalments among
the, p. 178 n. 5; nakedness of
women in a tribe of the, p. 188;
their ideas of modesty, p. 210;
prohibition of consanguineous
marriage among the, p. 304; re-
lationship by alliance a bar to mar-
riage among the, p. 309; conjugal
love among the, p. 358; do not
buy their wives, p. 398; barter
rare among the, pp. 400 sq.; ex-
cess of female births among the,
p. 467; position of their women,
p. 501.

Andree, R., on the circumcision of

of

See

the Jews, p. 204.
Aneiteum (New Hebrides), term for
mother in, p. 86.
Anglo-Saxons, wives deprived of
their hair among the, p. 176 n. ;
hair cutting an indication
slavery among the, ib.
Angola, Negroes of, barrenness de-
spised among the, p. 378; fickle-
ness of their passions, p. 488;
polygyny among the, ib.; divorce
among the, p. 532 n. 2.
Quissama.
Animals, lower, the male element
brought to the female among
some, p 157; the males, the
seekers among the, pp. 157 sq.;
struggle of the males for the
possession of the females among
the, p. 159; female choice among
the, pp. 159, 222; hybridism
among the, pp. 278-280; infer-
tility from changed conditions
among the, p. 286; incest among
the, p. 334; in-and-in breeding
of domesticated, pp. 335-338, 545.
Annamese, incest among the, p. 292;
bestiality among the, p. 333 n. 4.
Antelopes, small, marriage and pa-

ternal care among the, p. 12.
Antilles, marriage restriction for
Frenchmen in the, p. 365.
Antiquity, peoples of, kinship
through females among several
of the, pp. 103 sq.

Ants, sterility of the workers among,
p. 150.

Apaches, chastity of women among
the, p. 66; lending wives among
the, p. 74 n. I; polygyny among
the, pp. 449, 492, 496; divorce
among the, p. 533 n. 4.
Apalachites, marriage

between

cousins among the, p. 296.
Apes, anthropomorphous, their mar-
riage due to the long period of
infancy, pp. 21, 537; not gre-
garious, pp. 42, 43, 538; colour
of the skin of the, pp. 271, 276 ;
monogamous, p. 508; duration
of their marriage, p. 517..
Arabia, excess of female births in,
p. 468.

Arabs, system of kinship among
the, pp. 102, ib. n. 4, 110 n. 2;
virginity required from the bride
among the, p. 124; their dis-
approval of the remarriage of
widows, p. 127; unmarried wo-
men almost unknown among the,
p. 140 n. 6; their ideas of mo-
desty, p. 207; women's liberty
of choice among certain, p. 222;
paternal authority among the, p.
228; restriction of the paternal
authority among the, p. 235;
marriage between cousins among
the, pp. 296, 481; marriage with
a half-sister among the, p. 332;
households of the, ib.; their views
on consanguineous marriage, pp.
351 sq.; love among the, p.
361; race-prejudice among the, p.
364; ceremony of capture among
the, p. 385; marriage by capture
among the, ib. n. 13; morning gift
among the, p. 408; monogam-
ous as a rule, p. 439 n. 9; their
women get old early, p. 487;
polygyny among the, p. 495 n. 2;
Levirate among the, p. 511 n. ;
divorce among the, pp. 525, 535.
See Bedouins, Mecca.

-, ancient, of Arabia Felix, poly-
andry among the, pp. 454,458, 481.

of Morocco, monogamous as
a rule, p. 439 n. 5.

of the Sahara, marry early,
p. 138; polygyny among the,
p. 449; their women get old early,
p. 487; divorced women among
the, p. 533.

Arabs of Syria, marriage by pur-
chase among the, p. 392 n. 3.

of Upper Egypt, test of cou-
rage requisite for marriage among
the, p. 18; female chastity among
the, p. 62; virginity required
from the bride among the, p. 123
n. 8; morning gift among the, p.
410 n. 3; polygyny and concu-
binage among the, pp. 449, 496.
Aracan, Hill Tribes of North con-

sider want of chastity a merit in
the bride, p. 81; no marriage
ceremony among the, p. 418.
Araucanians, rank hereditary in the
male line among the, p. 99;
ceremony of capture among the,
pp. 383 sq.; compensation for
capture among the, p. 401 ; mar-
riage by purchase among the,
ib. n. 13; polygyny among the,
pp. 444 n. I, 494.
Arawaks, alleged absence of mar-
riage among the, p. 55; jealousy
of the men among the, pp. 58, 59,
119; marriage among the, p. 59;
remarriage of widows prohibited
for a certain period among the,
pp. 128 sq.; female dress among
the, p. 190; early betrothals
among the, pp. 213 n. 6, 224 n. 1 ;
wives obtained by service among
the, p. 390 n. 5; no marriage
ceremony among the, p. 417 n. 4;
Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3.
Arctopitheci, paternal care among
the, p. 12.

Arecunas, their custom of enlarg-
ing the ear-lobes, p. 166; tattooing
of women among the, p. 181 n. 4.
Areois of Tahiti, jealousy of the,
pp. 55, 119; their dress on public
occasions, p. 198.

Arins, paternal care among certain
species of, p. 1o.
Armenia, religious prostitution in,
p. 72; excess of female births in,
p. 467.
Arorae (Kingsmill Group), woman's
liberty of choice in, pp. 217 sq.
Aru Islands, prohibited degrees in
the, p. 302; obligatory conti-
nence in the, p. 483 nn. 1, 2, 6;
divorce in the, p. 523 n. 9.
See
Kobroor, Kola.

Aryan peoples, their system of
nomenclature, p. 82; their terms
for father and mother, p. 88;
continence required from newly
married people among certain,
p. 151.

Aryans, early, kinship through
females supposed to have pre-
vailed among the, p. 104 ; widows
killed among the, p. 125; widows
forbidden to remarry among the,
p. 127; regarded celibacy as an
impiety and a misfortune, p. 141 ;
patria potestas of the, pp. 230 sq.;
their desire for offspring, p. 379;
marriage by purchase among the,
p. 396; monogamous as a rule,
p. 442; women in child-bed
among the, p. 485.

of the North of India, season
of love among the, p.33.
Ashantees, early betrothals among
the, p. 214; women's power of
choice among the, p. 220 n. II;
obligatory continence among the,
p. 484 n.; superstitious ceremonies
among the, p. 485; divorce among
the, p. 527 n. I.

Asia, Russian, kinship through
males among the peoples of, p. 102.
Ass, in southern countries, has no
definite pairing season, p. 38.
Assamese, the Baisakh Bihu'
festival among the, p. 323; fe-
male jealousy among the, p. 499
n. 6.
Assyrians, tattooing among the,
p. 169; marriage with a half-
sister among the, p. 295; mar-
riage by purchase among the,
p. 395; concubinage among the,
pp. 432, 447.

Ateles paniscus, lives in families,