| BOOK I |
| AMONG THE MOÏ |
| CHAPTER I |
| AMONG THE MOÏ |
| General characteristics of the MoÏ--A legend as to their selection of a home--The part played by ocean currents in the distribution of races--Had primitive peoples a sense of direction?--Features of daily life--The hut--The village--Clothing and ornaments--A primitive method of kindling a fire | p.3 |
| CHAPTER II |
| INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS |
| Agriculture--Industries--Weaving, iron and copper mining--Commerce and industrial products--Food supplies--Fishing--How we once fished with dynamite--Hunting--Various methods of big-game hunting--My first elephant hunt--Some useful hints to big-game hunters--Poisons--Arms and weapons of defence--The tiger, a dangerous neighbour--A bathing tragedy | p.18 |
| CHAPTER III |
| FAMILY LIFE |
| Diseases and their cure--Betrothal and marriage--Adultery--Divorce--A MoÏ wedding--Birth--Childhood--The game of Pig-Snatcher | p.52 |
| CHAPTER IV |
| SOCIAL LIFE |
| Property--Slavery--Utilitarian morals--A bashful race--The Levirate--Law and custom--An amateur arbitrator--Principles and practice of the Ordeal | p.75 |
| CHAPTER V |
| RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND RITES |
| Similarity between the philosophical conceptions of uncivilized races--Most of the ritual derived from magic--Dualism--Private and public talismans--The Pi--The Legend of the Dog-King-- Totemism--Sorcery--Rebel MoÏ | p.98 |
| CHAPTER VI
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| RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS (continued) |
| Tribal and proprietary signs--Tattooing and mutilation--Principles and practice of the taboo--Its survival in modern Europe--The incarnation of Spirits in stones, trees and animals--Belief in the magic powers of the tiger--Animal poison--Bones as a charm--A protecting ear--Ex-votos offered to the Spirit of the tiger--Superstitions about monkeys--Hunting rites | p.116 |
| CHAPTER VII |
| RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS (continued) |
| Agrarian rites--How Me-Sao, King of the MoÏ, opens the jar--Rites of initiation and "coming of age" | p.137 |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| BELIEFS AND RITES |
| The origin and observance of funeral rites--The ceremony of the Commemoration of the Dead--Burial rites and various methods | p.161 |
| CHAPTER IX |
| ART AND CULTURE |
| The relation between the evolution of artistic expression and social development as illustrated by the MoÏ and the Laotians--The intimate connection between Music, Dance and Stage--A MoÏ orchestra and war dance--Deficiencies in the sense of sound due to lack of artistic education--The effect of a gramophone--Predominance of the analytical over the synthetic faculty--Exaggerated respect for form--Impression produced by the stereoscope--Decorative arts--Sports, fÊtes, and public amusements--Extensive use of marks for ritual and other purposes | p.177 |
| CHAPTER X |
| INTELLECTUAL LIFE |
| The relations between the development of language and social evolution--An enigmatic system of writing--Knotted cords, notches in sticks and their accessories--The evolution of literature among primitive races--Length of memory among races that have no written records--Historical value of legends transmitted by oral tradition--Nature of the more usual alterations to be met with in documentary folklore--The most general legends, fables and proverbs of the MoÏ | p.193 |
| BOOK II |
| THE CHAM |
| CHAPTER I |
| THE CHAM |
| General characteristics of the Cham--A Mohammedan group--Its place among ancient civilizations--Social life--Dress and ornaments--The calendar--Rites accompanying the construction of a house, a cart, and a junk--Agriculture and industry--Medicines--The use of narcotics by criminals to stupefy their victims | p.225 |
| CHAPTER II
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| SOCIAL AND FAMILY LIFE |
| Traces of the matriarchal system in the conception of the family--The "Karoh"--Circumcision--Precautions against seduction--Rites incidental to betrothal, marriage, birth and infancy | p.248 |
| CHAPTER III |
| RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS |
| The beginnings of Islam in Indo-China--Rites which accompany initiation into the priestly caste--The gods of Cham--Temples--Resemblance between the architecture of the Cham and that of the Kmer--Phallic rites--A visit to a royal sepulchre | p.266 |
| CHAPTER IV |
| RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS (continued) |
| Agrarian rites--Tabooed ricefields--Secret ploughing--Sleeping rice--Various uses of eagle-wood--How the Cham procure it--Public festivals and holy days | p.297 |
| CHAPTER V |
| RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS (continued) |
| Burial rites--Philology--Legends and fables | p.310 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | p.325 |
