CONTENTS

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CHAP. PAGE
INTRODUCTION vii
I. THE TRANSITION 1
II. THE AGE OF MYTH 4
III. THE AGE OF HISTORY 21
IV. CONSTITUTION OF SOCIETY 56
V. WARFARE 85
VI. CANNIBALISM 102
VII. RELIGION 111
VIII. POLYGAMY 172
IX. FAMILY LIFE 175
X. THE MARRIAGE SYSTEM 182
XI. CUSTOMS AT BIRTH 206
XII. CIRCUMCISION AND TATTOOING 216
XIII. THE PRACTICE OF PROCURING ABORTION. 221
XIV. THE INSOUCIANCE OF NATIVE RACES 228
XV. SEXUAL MORALITY 233
XVI. EPIDEMIC DISEASES 243
XVII. LEPROSY (VUKAVUKA OR SAKUKA) 255
XVIII. YAWS (THOKO) 270
XIX. TUBERCULOSIS 277
XX. TRADE 280
XXI. NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP 290
XXII. PHYSICAL POWERS 297
XXIII. ATTITUDES AND MOVEMENTS 299
XXIV. TRAITS OF CHARACTER 304
XXV. SWIMMING 316
XXVI. FISHING 320
XXVII. GAMES 328
XXVIII. FOOD 334
XXIX. YANKONA (KAVA) 341
XXX. TOBACCO 352
XXXI. THE TENURE OF LAND 354
XXXII. CONCLUSION 387
INDEX 391

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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