INDEX

A

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 hereditary 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 consanguineous 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;

endogamy of the, p. 366;

monogamous as a rule, p. 439 n. 11.

See Pádams.

——, 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;

ceremony 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. 11.

Acclimatization, pp. 268-270.

Accra, kinship through males at, p. 102;

relationship by alliance a bar to marriage at, p. 309;

marriage portion at, p. 410, n. 11.

Achomâwi (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.

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

Affection, ch. xvi., p. 546.

Africa, no people living in promiscuity 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;

virginity required from the bride among certain, pp. 123 sq.;

infibulation 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;

polygyny 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 certain, 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.;

circumcision 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;

monogamous 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. 1;

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 among 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 required from the bride among the, p. 123;

paint used by the young people among the, p. 176;

marriage arranged by the parents among the, p. 224 n. 3;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 297;

infanticide 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;

compensation 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 certain period among the, p. 129, ib. n. 6;

marry early, p. 138;

courtship 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 between 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, Yukonikhotana.

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 ceremony 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. 1.

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 capture 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 increase 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;

relationship by alliance a bar to marriage among the, p. 309;

conjugal love among the, p. 358;

do not buy their wives, p. 398;

barter rare among the, pp. 400 sq.;

excess of female births among the, p. 467;

position of their women, p. 501.

Andree, R., on the circumcision of 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 of slavery among the, ib.

Angola, Negroes of, barrenness despised among the, p. 378;

fickleness of their passions, p. 488;

polygyny among the, ib.;

divorce among the, p. 532 n. 2.

See 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;

infertility 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 paternal 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. 1;

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 marriage due to the long period of infancy, pp. 21, 537;

not gregarious, 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 disapproval of the remarriage of widows, p. 127;

unmarried women almost unknown among the, p. 140 n. 6;

their ideas of modesty, 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 viewson 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;

monogamous 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, polyandry 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 purchase among the, p. 392 n. 3.

—— of Upper Egypt, test of courage 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 concubinage among the, pp. 449, 496.

Aracan, Hill Tribes of North consider 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;

marriage by purchase among the, ib. n. 13;

polygyny among the, pp. 444 n. 1, 494.

Arawaks, alleged absence of marriage 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 enlarging 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. 10.

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 continence 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 prevailed 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. 11;

obligatory continence among the, p. 484 n.;

superstitious ceremonies among the, p. 485;

divorce among the, p. 527 n. 1.

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;

female jealousy among the, p. 499 n. 6.

Assyrians, tattooing among the, p. 169;

marriage with a half-sister among the, p. 295;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 395;

concubinage among the, pp. 432, 447.

Ateles paniscus, lives in families, p. 12.

Athenians, ancient, tale of the institution of marriage among the, pp. 8 sq.;

estimation of courtesans among the, p. 81;

prosecution of celibates among the, p. 142;

wives deprived of their hair among the, p. 176 n.;

marriage with a half-sister among the, p. 295;

endogamy of the, p. 367;

dower among the, pp. 405 sq.;

divorce among the pp. 520, 529.

Atooi (Sandwich Islands), tattooing in, p. 201 n. 4;

curious usage in, p. 205 n. 3.

Augilæ, jus primae noctis among the, p. 72.

Auseans, alleged community of women among the, p. 52.

Australians, occasionally scattered in families in search of food, p. 48;

alleged group-marriage among the, pp. 54, 56 sq.;

system of nomenclature among the, p. 56;

no promiscuity among the, pp. 57, 60, 61, 64;

wantonness due to the influence of the whites among the, p. 61;

lending wives among the, pp. 61, 74 n. 1;

system of kinship among the, p. 101;

believe that the child is derived from the father only, p. 106;

jealousy of the men among the, pp. 118, 131;

prostitution of wives among the, p. 131;

celibacy of women almost unknown among the, p. 136;

their women marry early, p. 139;

celibacy caused by polygyny among the, p. 144;

the men marry late among the, ib. n. 5;

continence required from newly married people among certain, p. 151;

combats for women among the, pp. 160 sq.;

their vanity, p. 165;

their custom of knocking out teeth, pp. 167, 174, 202;

paint the body, pp. 168, 176, 181 n. 4;

scar the body, pp. 169, 171, 178 sq.;

means of attraction among the, p. 173;

nose ornament among certain, pp. 173 sq.;

tattooing of the young people among the, p. 177;

the men more ornamented than the women among the, p. 183;

their want of modesty, pp. 187 sq.;

nakedness of the, p. 192;

only unmarried women cover their nakedness among certain, p. 196;

indecent dances among the, p. 198 n. 1;

circumcision among the, pp. 202 sq.;

no government among the, pp. 203 sq.;

the ‘terrible rite’ among several, p. 205 n. 5;

ideas of modesty among certain, p. 211;

early betrothals among the, p. 214;

woman’s liberty of choice among the, p. 217;

elopements among the, pp. 217, 223, 583;

independence of sons among the, p. 223;

their ideal of beauty, pp. 257, 263 sq.;

mongrels among the, pp. 284-287;

exogamy among the, pp. 299, 300, 318, 321 n. 1;

prohibited degrees among the, pp. 300, 318;

infanticide among the, p. 313;

horror of sexual intercourse within the exogamous limits among the, p. 317;

local exogamy among the, pp. 322, 325;

their hordes, p. 325;

endogamy of certain, pp. 332, 367;

conjugal affection and love among the, pp. 359, 360, 503;

marriage by capture among the, pp. 384, 385, 389;

amicable relations between different tribes among the, p. 389;

marriage by exchange among the, p. 390;

barter formerly unknown among certain, p. 400;

marriage ceremonies among the, p. 418;

monogamous as a rule, p. 440;

proportion between the sexes among the, pp. 461, 462, 467;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n. 1;

female jealousy among the, p. 498;

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3.

See Adelaide Plains, Birria, Botany Bay, Carpentarian Gulf, Darling, Dieyerie, Encounter Bay tribe, Eucla tribe, Gippsland, Gournditch-mara, Herbert River, Herbert Vale, Kámilarói, Karawalla, Koombokkaburra, Kurnai, Larrakía tribe, Moncalon, Murray, Narrinyeri, New Norcia, New South Wales, Pegulloburras, Perth, Port Essington, Port Jackson, Port Lincoln, Queensland, Riverina, Torndirrup, Tunberri, Tuna, Victoria, Watchan-dies.

Australians, South, terms of address among the, p. 93;

initiatory rites of manhood among the, p. 199;

polygyny among the, p. 494.

——, West, the family among the, p. 45;

terms of address among the, p. 92;

system of kinship among the, p. 101;

influence of surnames among the, p. 111;

disposal of a girl’s hand among the, p. 215;

mongrels among the, pp. 285, 287;

bigamy among the, p. 450;

excess of men among the, p. 461.

Austria, seasonal increase of births in, p. 32;

civil marriage in, p. 428;

excess of male births among the Jews of, 481 n. 4;

divorce in, p. 526.

Avanos, polyandry among the, pp. 451, 472 n. 3;

excess of men among the, p. 461.

B

Babber, female jealousy in, p. 499 n. 6;

divorce in, p. 523 n. 9.

Babylonians, religious prostitution among the, p. 72;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 395;

marriage portion among the, p. 408.

Bachofen, J. J. , on the promiscuity of primitive man, pp. 51, 78;

on metrocracy, p. 96;

on the maternal system among the primitive Aryans, p. 104 n. 2.

Badagas, marriage not complete till the woman is pregnant among the, p. 23;

return gift among the, p. 409;

marriage portion among the, pp. 415 n. 2, 534 n. 5;

monogamous, p. 436;

probably endogamous, p. 480;

excess of men among the, ib.;

divorce among the, pp. 527 n. 1, 532 n. 3, 534 nn. 4 sq.

Badger, pairing season of the, p. 26 n.;

breeding season of the, p. 35.

Baele, marriage not complete till the birth of a child among the, pp. 22 sq.;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 392 n. 3;

inheriting widows among the, p. 513 n. 1.

Bafióte, celibacy due to poverty among the, p. 144 n. 3;

monogamous as a rule, p. 438 n. 8.

Bagele (in Adamáua), jus primae noctis in, pp. 76 sq.

Baghirmi, fights for women in, p. 161;

incest in, p. 293;

excess of women in, p. 465 n. 4.

Bagobos (Philippines), return gift among the, p. 409;

polygyny among the, p. 496.

Bain, Prof. A., on the feeling of shame, p. 208;

on love, pp. 354, 356, 502;

on sympathy, p. 362 n. 2.

Bakaïri, terms for relationships among the, pp. 86 sq.

Bakalai, inheriting widows among the, p. 513.

Bakongo, seasonal increase of births among the, p. 31;

horrified at the idea of promiscuous intercourse, pp. 59, 113;

terms for relationships among the, pp. 86, 88 sq.;

kinship through females among the, p. 113;

celibacy caused by polygyny among the, p. 144;

aversion to consanguineous marriage among the, p. 306;

their weddings, p. 418 n. 12;

divorce among the, p. 522.

Bakundu,

punishment for infanticide in, p. 312.

Ba-kwileh,

chieftainship hereditary in the male line among the, p. 102;

marry early, p. 138;

their women get old early, p. 487.

Baladea. See Duauru language.

Balearic Islands, jus primae noctis in the, p. 73.

Bali, widows killed in, p. 125 n. 8;

compensation for capture in, p. 401.

Balonda, nakedness of the women of, p. 189;

idea of decency in, p. 209.

Bantu race, influence of the surname among certain tribes of the, p. 111;

prohibition of consanguineous marriage among the, p. 307;

marriage between cousins among the, pp. 307, 481;

want of affection among the, p. 357;

polyandry among certain tribes of the, pp. 452, 481.

Banyai, wives obtained by service among the, p. 390 n. 6;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 393.

Barabinzes, wives obtained by service among the, p. 391 n.

Barea, authority of the maternal uncle among the, p. 40;

inheritance through females among the, p. 112;

circumcision of girls among the, p. 206 n. 1;

marriage with slaves among the, p. 371 n. 8;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 402 n.

Baris, tattooing of the young people among the, p. 177;

nakedness of the men among the, p. 189;

female dress among the, p. 197 n. 5.

Barito district (Borneo), husband’s duties in the, p. 17.

Barolongs, race-endogamy of the, pp. 363 sq.

Barôze, polygyny in, pp. 434 sq.

Barter, a comparatively late invention of man, pp. 400, 401, 546.

Bashkirs, marriage by purchase among the, p. 393;

marriage portion among the, p. 410.

Basques, not a pure race, p. 282.

Basra, ideas of modesty at, p. 207.

Bastian, Prof. A., on the promiscuity of primitive man, p. 51;

on the periodical continence required from the husband, p. 484.

Basutos, repudiated wives supported by their former husbands among the, p. 19;

terms of address among the, p. 91;

authority of the maternal uncle among the, p. 108;

adulterer regarded as a thief among the, p. 130 n. 3;

dress of girls, when dancing, among the, pp. 198 sq.;

marriage arranged by the father among the, p. 224;

marriage between cousins among the, p. 308;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 390 n. 6;

polygyny among the, pp. 446, 447, 499;

divorce among the, pp. 524, 532;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 532.

Bataks (Sumatra), kinship through males among the, p. 100;

early betrothals among the, p. 214 n. 8;

exogamy among the, p. 302;

prohibited degrees among the, pp. 302 sq.;

separation formerly not allowed among the, p. 517 n. 5.

Batavia, women get old early in, p. 486.

Bateke, seasonal increase of births among the, p. 31;

system of kinship among the, p. 103;

hold the function of both parents in generation alike important, p. 105;

celibacy caused by polygyny among the, p. 144;

prohibited degrees among the, pp. 306, 318;

proportion between the sexes at birth among the, p. 479.

Bats, substitute for paternal protection among, p. 21;

their pairing season, p. 25 n. 4.

Batz, endogamy of the people of, p. 344.

Bavaria, age for marriage in, p. 146;

infertility of marriages between Jews and the non-Jewish population in, p. 288;

mixed marriages in, p. 376.

Bawar, polyandry in, pp. 453, 456, 472 n. 3.

Bazes, authority of the maternal uncle among the, p. 40;

their weddings, p. 418 n. 10;

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

Beauty, typical, ch. xii., pp. 542 sq.;

individual ideal of, p. 355.

Beaver Indians, race-endogamy of the, p. 363 n. 5;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n.

Bebel, A., on the promiscuity of primitive man, p. 51 n. 2.

Bechuanas,

necessary preliminary to marriage among certain tribes of the, p. 18;

system of kinship among the, p. 103;

circumcision among the, pp. 203, 206 n. 1;

early betrothals among the, p. 214;

exogamous as a rule, pp. 307 sq.;

symbol of capture among the, p. 384;

their views on marriage by purchase, p. 408 n. 8;

morning gift among the, p. 410 n. 3;

validity of marriage among the, p. 430 n. 1;

monogamous as a rule, pp. 438 sq.;

polygyny among the, pp. 447 n. 1, 493, 509 n. 1;

their word for son, p. 490 n. 4;

Levirate among the, pp. 511 n., 514 n.

See Barolongs, Basutos.

Bedouins,

remarriage of divorced women prohibited for a certain period among the, p. 129;

divorce among the, pp. 519, 532 n. 6.

See Aenezes, Ahl el Shemál, Arabs.

—— of Mount Sinai,

marriage not complete till the woman is pregnant among the, p. 22;

forced marriages among the, p. 221;

marriage on credit among the, p. 394 n. 8;

lucky day for marriage among the, p. 424 n. 1.

Beetles, colours of stridulating, p. 247;

‘ornaments’ of many male, pp. 250 sq.

Belgium, seasonal increase of births in, pp. 31 sq.;

number of celibates in, p. 145.

See Netherlands.

Bellabollahs (British Columbia), Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3.

Belt, Mr. T., on the hairlessness of man, p. 276 n. 2.

Beni-Amer, modesty of unmarried women among the, p. 62;

marry early, p. 138;

conjugal affection among the, p. 357;

nobility among the, p. 369;

class-endogamy among the, p. 371;

morning gift among the, p. 410 n. 3;

monogamous as a rule, p. 439;

divorce among the, pp. 527 n. 1, 531 n. 4.

Beni-Mzab, punishment for seduction among the, p. 62;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 120;

monogamous, pp. 435 sq.;

divorce exceptional among the, p. 521 n. 9.

Benin, Negroes of, jealousy of the men among the, p. 131;

dress of girls among the, p. 192;

circumcision of girls among the, p. 206 n. 1;

barren wives despised among the, p. 378 n. 4;

inheriting widows among the, p. 513.

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

Berlin, menstruation among the poorer women of, p. 488.

Berner, on the law of Hofacker and Sadler, p. 469.

Bernhöft, Prof. F., on group-marriage, p. 95 n. 1.

Bertillon, Dr., on the prohibition of marriage between kindred, pp. 326 sq.

‘Best Man’ at weddings, p. 421.

Bestiality, pp. 280, 281, 333, 543 sq.

Bétsiléo (Madagascar) female appreciation of manly courage and skill among the, p. 256.

Bhils, their disapproval of the remarriage of widows, pp. 127 sq.;

sons betrothed by their parents among the, p. 224 n. 6;

marriage by capture among the, p. 385 n. 12;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 391 n.;

female jealousy among the, p. 499 n. 6.

Bhúiyas, courtship by women among the, p. 158 n. 6.

Bigamy, p. 450.

Bilúchis, Levirate among the, pp. 511 n.

Birds, parental care among, pp. 10, 11, 21;

marriage among, pp. 11, 21;

their pairing season, p. 25;

courtship among, p. 163;

“ornaments” of many male, pp. 241, 250 sq.;

sexual colours among, pp. 241-245, 248 sq.;

sexual sounds among, pp. 247-249, 251;

sexual odours among, pp. 248 sq.;

hybridism among, p. 278;

polyandry almost unheard of among, p. 482;

excess of males among, ib.;

absorbing passion for one among, p. 502;

generally pair for life, p. 517.

See Galapagos Islands.

Birria (Australia), monogamous, p. 437.

Birth, disproportion between the sexes at, pp. 466-469, 547 sq.

Births, periodical fluctuation in the number of, pp. 30-37;

illegitimate, pp. 69 sq.

Bisayans (Philippines), wives obtained by service among the, p. 391 nn. 1 sq.;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 402 n. 1.

Bison, Indian, pairing season of the, p. 26 n.

Blackfeet, celibacy rare among the, p. 134;

run-away matches among the, p. 216 n. 10;

their views on infanticide, p. 312;

excess of women among the, p. 461;

obligatory continence among the, p. 483 n. 1;

polygyny among the, p. 500 n. 3.

Blemmyans, Pliny’s description of the, p. 60.

Bodo, rule of inheritance among the, p. 101;

marry early, p. 138;

marriage by capture among the, p. 385 n. 12;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 391 n.;

compensation for capture among the, p. 401;

position of their women, p. 501;

nominal authority of their chiefs, p. 506.

Bogos, circumcision among the, p. 202;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 306.

Bohemians, alleged community of women among the, p. 52;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 397 n. 6;

marriage portion among the, p. 413.

Bokhara, polygyny in, p. 449.

Bonaks (California), their tribal organization due to the introduction of the horse, p. 49;

marriage by capture among the, p. 383;

no marriage ceremony among the, p. 417;

divorce among the, p. 527.

Bondo, Negroes of, authority of the maternal uncle among the, p. 40;

consanguineous marriage among the, p. 296 n. 1;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 393;

no marriage ceremony among the, p. 418;

divorce among the, pp. 520, 532 n. 3.

Bongos, marry early, p. 138.

Bornabi Islanders, their ideal of beauty, p. 264.

Borneo, tribes of, pregnancy must be followed by marriage among many, p. 23;

alleged absence of marriage among some, pp. 54 sq.;

want of modesty among certain, p. 188;

monogamy among, p. 507.

See Barito district, Dyaks, Kyans, Olo Ot, Rejang tribe, Sarawak.

Bornu, wives deprived of all ornaments in, p. 176 n.;

weddings in, p. 418 n. 10.

Bos americanus, its substitute for paternal protection, p. 21.

Botany Bay, natives of, scar the body, p. 179;

dress of the girls among the, p. 196.

Botis. See Butias.

Botocudos, husband’s duties among the, p. 16;

the family among the, p. 46;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 119;

their custom of enlarging the ear-lobes, p. 166;

covering used by the, p. 189;

indecent dances among the, p. 198 n. 1;

early betrothals among the, p. 213;

endogamy of the, p. 347;

infertility of their women, ib.;

polygyny exceptional among the, p. 441 n. 4;

divorce among the, pp. 518, 530, n. 5.

Boudin, Dr., on the effects of consanguineous marriage, pp. 340 sq.

Brazilian aborigines, isolation of certain, p. 46;

lending wives among the, p. 74 n. 1;

jus primae noctis among certain, pp. 76, 80;

kinship through males among the, p. 99;

marry early, p. 137;

continence required from newly married people among the, p. 151;

incest among the, pp. 292, 333;

endogamous communities among the, pp. 346, 347, 366;

deterioration of certain, pp. 346 sq.;

class-endogamy among the, p. 370;

marriage by capture among the, p. 383;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 390 n. 5;

marriage portion among the, p. 415 n. 1;

marriage ceremony among some, p. 419;

polygyny among the, pp. 444, 494, 495 n. 2;

proportion between the sexes among the, p. 461;

monogamy among the lowest tribes of the, p. 507;

Levirate among the, pp. 511 nn. 2 sq.;

divorce, exceptional among certain, p. 521 n. 9.

See Amazons.

Brehm, Dr. A. E. , on the marriage of birds, p. 11.

Breslau,

on the causes which determine the sex of the offspring, p. 469.

British Columbia,

excess of females among half-breed children in, p. 477.

British Columbians and Vancouver Islanders, state of morality among the, pp. 66 sq.;

lending wives among certain, pp. 74 sq.;

remarriage of widows prohibited for a certain period among the, pp. 128 sq.;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 392.

See Ahts, Bellabollahs, Haidahs, Nutkas.

Britons, tattooing among the, p. 169;

polyandry among the, pp. 454, 458.

Broca, Dr. P., on the intermixture of races, p. 283;

on the infertility of the connections of Europeans with Australian women, pp. 284-287.

‘Bruin Menschen,’ excess of female births among the, p. 479.

Bubis (Fernando Po), nakedness of the women among the, p. 189.

Buddhists, their views regarding marriage and celibacy, p. 153;

celibacy of monks among the, ib.;

short hair a symbol of chastity among the, p. 175 n. 6;

marriage of brother and sister according to legends of the, p. 293;

religious marriage ceremony among, p. 425.

Budduma, marriage by exchange of presents among the, p. 409 n. 9.

Bugis of Celebes, prohibited degrees among the, p. 302;

class-endogamy of the, p. 371 n. 4;

divorce among the, p. 527 n. 1.

—— of Perak, endogamy of the, p. 364.

Bulgarian, terms for father’s father’s brother and father’s father’s sister in, p. 96.

Bunjogees (Chittagongs Hills), hair-dress of the young men among the, p. 175.

Burdach, C. F. , on the senses of male animals, pp. 249 sq.

Buriats, marriage by purchase among the, p. 392 n. 3.

Burmese, husband’s duties among the, p. 17;

celibacy unknown among the, p. 136;

marry early, p. 138;

tattooing by instalments among the, p. 178 n. 5;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 219;

incest among the, p. 293;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 402 n. 1;

monogamous as a rule, p. 439 n. 11;

polygyny among the, p. 444;

divorce among the, pp. 521 n. 9, 528, 531 n. 4.

Burton, Sir R. F. ,

on polygyny as causing an excess of female births, p. 470 n. 3.

Buru,

exogamy in, p. 302;

divorce in, p. 523 n. 9.

Buschmann, J. C. E.,

on names for father and mother, pp. 85 sq.

Bushmans, devoid of tribal organization, p. 45;

from want of sufficient food, p. 47;

the family among the, pp. 45-47;

alleged to be without marriage, pp. 52 sq.;

marriage among the, pp. 57 sq.;

state of morality among the, p. 69;

kinship through males among the, p. 103;

wrestling for women among the, p. 161;

making love among the, p. 163 n. 3;

their want of modesty, p. 189;

female dress among the, pp. 191 sq.;

early betrothals among the, p. 214;

women’s liberty of choice

among the, p. 221;

women as tall as men among the, p. 260 n. 1;

marriage between cousins among the, pp. 296, 327;

households of the, p. 327;

love among the, p. 358;

endogamy of the, p. 366;

marriage by capture among the, p. 384;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 390 n. 6;

their women become sterile early, p. 487;

divorce among the, p. 531 n.

Bussahir, polyandry in, p. 456.

Butias, looseness of the marriage tie among the, p. 60;

chastity unknown among the, ib.;

children belong to the father’s clan among the, p. 102;

polyandry among the, p. 452.

See Ladakh.

Butterflies, sexual colours of, p. 244;

variation of colours among, pp. 270 sq.

C

Cagatai, term for elder sister in, p. 92.

Cahyapos (Matto Grosso), alleged community of women among the, p. 55.

Caindu (Eastern Tibet), lending wives in, p. 75.

Cairo, divorce in, p. 519.

Caishánas, the family among the, p. 46.

Calculation, sexual selection influenced by, pp. 376-382, 546.

Calidonian Indians (Darien), endogamy of the, p. 347;

degeneration of the, ib.;

polygyny permitted only to chiefs among the, p. 437 n. 10.

California, excess of girls among half-breed children in, pp. 476 sq.

Californian Indians, have a definite pairing season, p. 28;

lending wives among some, p. 74 n. 1;

chieftainship hereditary in the male line among the, p. 98;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 119;

punishment for adultery among certain, p. 122 n. 3;

widows killed among certain, p. 125;

speedy remarriage of widows prohibited among the, p. 129 n. 3;

prostitution of wives among the, p. 131;

marry early, p. 137;

disputes for women among the, p. 160;

indecent dances among the, p. 198 n. 1;

infanticide almost unknown among certain, pp. 312 sq.;

race-endogamy of certain, p. 363;

polygyny permitted to chiefs only among certain, p. 437 n. 10;

excess of men among certain, p. 460;

their women get old early, p. 486;

polygyny rare among the, p. 507.

See Achomâwi, Bonaks, Gallinomero, Gualala, Karok, Kinkla, Miwok, Modok, Nishinam, Patwin, Pomo, Senel, Shastika, Wintun, Yokuts, Yorok.

Californian Peninsula, aborigines of the, have no equivalent for the verb ‘to marry,’ p. 53;

polygyny among the, p. 55;

their custom of perforating the ears, p. 174;

nakedness of certain, p. 187;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n.;

polygyny among the, p. 500 n. 2.

Camea, wild, pairing season of the, p. 25 n. 4;

colour and odour of the, p. 248.

Canary, instance of a, with no definite breeding season, p. 38.

Candolle, Prof. A. de, on marriage between persons with different and with similar colours of the eye, p. 355.

Canis Azarae, pairing season of the, p. 26 n.

Canis Brasiliensis, marriage and paternal care of the, p. 12.

Capra pyrenaica, pairing season of the, p. 26 n.

Carajos, monogamous, p. 435 n. 11.

Caribs, jus primae noctis among the, p. 76;

rules of succession among the, p. 99;

female dress among the, p. 190;

men more decently clothed than women among the, p. 199;

their ideas of modesty, p. 207;

women’s power of choice among the, p. 216 n. 9;

marriage by capture among the, p. 383;

polygyny among the, pp. 448, 500 n. 2;

divorce among the, p. 533 n. 4.

Caroline Islanders, lending wives among the, p. 74 n. 1;

kinship through males among the, p. 100;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 301;

punishment for infanticide among the, p. 313;

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 392 n. 3, 394, 398 sq.;

polygyny exceptional among the, p. 441 n. 3;

obligatory continence among the, p. 483 n. 6;

myths of the, p. 508 n. 1;

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3;

rule of inheritance among the, p. 512 n. 3;

divorce among the, p. 527 n. 1.

See Pelli, Ponapé Yap.

Carpentarian Gulf, Australians south-west of the, excess of women among the, p. 462.

Cat, wild, pairing season of the, p. 26 n.

Catalanganes (Philippines), divorce exceptional among the, p. 521 n. 9.

Catamixis, nakedness of the, p. 187.

Cathæi, liberty of choice among the, p. 221.

Catholics, Roman, celibacy of the clergy among, p. 155;

prohibited degrees among, pp. 308 sq.;

‘spiritual relationship’ among, p. 331;

religious endogamy among, pp. 375 sq.;

fictitious dowry among, p. 407 n. 7;

dotal right among, p. 412;

marriage a sacrament among, pp. 427 sq.;

divorce prohibited among, p. 526.

Cayáguas, the family among the, p. 46.

Cebus Azarae, lives in families, p. 12.

Celebes, ideas of modesty in, p. 207.

See Bugis, Macassars, Minahassers.

Celibacy, ch. vii., pp. 70, 541.

Celts, paternal authority among the, p. 230.

Central America, the whites decrease in numbers in, p. 269;

marriage restriction for Spaniards in, p. 365;

proportion between the sexes at birth in, p. 477.

——-, ancient inhabitants of, wives obtained by service among the, p. 394.

——-, Indians of, marry early, p. 137.

——-, Isthmians of, endogamy of the, p. 363;

class-endogamy of the, p. 370.

Ceram, possession of human heads requisite for marriage in, p. 18;

sexual modesty in, p. 152 n. 3;

exogamy in, p. 302;

divorce in,p. 523 n. 9.

Cervus campestris, marriage and paternal care of the, p. 12.

Ceylon, kinship through females in, p. 102;

proportion between the sexes in, pp. 463, 472.

See Moors, Sinhalese, Veddahs.

Chaldeans, marriage by purchase among the, p. 395.

Chamba (probably Cochin China), royal privileges in, p. 79.

Chamois, pairing season of the, p. 26 n.

Charruas, husband’s duties among the, p. 15;

celibacy unknown among the, p. 135;

painting of girls among the, p. 176 n. 6;

nakedness of the men among the, p. 187 n. 4;

aversion to incest among the, pp. 318 sq.;

polygyny among the, p. 497;

divorce exceptional among the, p. 522.

Chastity among lower races, pp. 61-70, 539.

See Virginity.

Chavantes, their custom of pulling out the eyebrows, p. 167;

monogamous, p. 435 n. 11.

Chawanons, coquetry of women among the, p. 200.

See Paraguay.

Chaymas, their custom of blackening the teeth, p. 174;

nakedness of the, p. 187;

ashamed to cover themselves, p. 195;

endogamy of the, pp. 365 sq.

Cheek-bones, jutting-out, an accompaniment of large jaws, p. 267.

Chelonia, live in pairs, p. 10;

parental care among the, ib.;

sexual sounds among the, p. 248.

Chenier, on the origin of tattooing, p. 172.

Cheremises, exogamy among the, p. 306;

marriage by capture among the, p. 386 n. 4;

monogamous as a rule, p. 440 n. 2;

divorce exceptional among the, p. 521 n. 9.

Chervin, N., on polygyny, p. 482.

Chibchas, rules of succession among the, pp. 98 sq.;

their punishment for adultery, p. 122 n. 8;

speedy remarriage of widowers and widows prohibited among the, p. 129 n. 6;

perforation of the ears by the, p. 174;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 424;

polygyny among the, pp. 431, 443.

Chichimecs (Central Mexico), virginity required from the bride among the, p. 123.

Chickasaws, remarriage of widows prohibited for a certain period among the, p. 128;

exogamy among the, p. 298.

Child-bed, women in, pp. 483-485, 548.

Children, in case of divorce, pp. 532 sq.

See Offspring.

Chili, seasonal increase of births in, pp. 32, 38;

excess of female births in, p. 478.

——, Indians of, polygyny among the, p. 448.

See Araucanians.

Chimpanzees, marriage and paternal care among, p. 14;

live generally in pairs, families, or small groups of families, p. 42;

are more numerous in the season when fruits come to maturity, p. 43.

China, aboriginal tribes of, a husband lives with his father-in-law till the birth of a child, in one of the, p. 22;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 220;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 391 n.;

marriage portion among the, p. 415 n. 3.

See Miao.

Chinese, tale of the institution of marriage among the, p. 8;

the surname influencing the law of inheritance among the, p. 112;

virginity required from the bride among the, p. 124;

widows killed among the, p. 125;

remarriage of widows discouraged among the, p. 127;

celibacy unknown among the, pp. 139 sq.;

marry early, p. 140;

marriage of the dead among the, ib.;

celibacy of priests among the, p. 153;

their ideas of decency, pp. 200, 207;

coquetry of women among the, p. 206;

paternal authority and filial obedience among the, p. 227;

parental consent necessary for marriage among the, ib.;

early betrothals among the, ib.;

their ideal of female beauty, p. 263;

mongrels among the, p. 283;

exogamy and prohibited degrees among the, pp. 305, 330;

relationship by alliance a bar to marriage among the, p. 309;

clannish feeling among the, p. 330;

want of conjugal affection among the, p. 360;

seclusion of the sexes among the, p. 361;

endogamy of the, p. 364;

class-endogamy of the, p. 372;

their desire for sons, pp. 377, 379, 489;

no trace of marriage by capture among the, p. 387;

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 394 sq.;

decay of marriage by purchase among the, pp. 404 sq.;

exchange of presents among the, p. 405;

no marriage portion among the, p. 415 n. 3;

omens among the, p. 424 n. 1;

‘lucky days,’ &c., among the, ib.;

religious marriage ceremony

among the, p. 425;

concubinage among the, pp. 431, 439, 440, 445, 448 n. 2, 489, 495 n. 2, 498;

monogamous as a rule, p. 439;

excess of women among the, p. 463;

obligatory continence

among the, p. 483 n. 5;

eschew the use of milk, p. 484;

women in child-bed among the, p. 485;

ill-assorted marriages among the, pp. 485 sq.;

divorce among the, pp. 524, 525, 528;

divorced women among the, p. 533.

Chinooks, their ideal of beauty, p. 257;

marriage by exchange of presents among the, p. 409 n. 9;

polygyny among the, pp. 441 n. 4, 443 n. 5;

superstitious ceremonies among the, p. 485 n. 2;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n.;

divorce exceptional among the, p. 521 n. 9.

Chippewas, virginity required from the bride among the, p. 123;

disposal of a girl’s hand among the, p. 214 n. 14;

liberty of choice among the, pp. 215 sq.;

incest among the, p. 291 n.;

prohibited degrees among the, pp. 297, 324 sq.;

live in small bands, p. 325;

conjugal affection among the, p. 359 n. 6;

marriage by exchange of presents among the, p. 409 n. 9;

no marriage ceremony among the, p. 417 n. 4;

their desire for numerous offspring, pp. 489 sq.;

Levirate among the, p. 511 n. 3;

divorce exceptional among the, p. 521 n. 9.

Chippewyans, celibacy rare among the, p. 134;

marry early, p. 137 n. 7;

men more ornamented than women among the, p. 182;

early betrothals among the, p. 213;

run-away matches among the, p. 216 n. 10;

incest among the, p. 290;

their desire for offspring, p. 376;

no marriage ceremony among the, p. 417 n. 4;

polygyny exceptional among the, p. 441 n. 4;

divorce exceptional among the, p. 521 n. 9.

See Beaver Indians, Copper Indians, Kutchin, Northern Indians, Tinneh.

Chiriguana, no marriage ceremony among the, p. 417 n. 4;

polygyny permitted only to chiefs among the, p. 437 n. 10.

Chittagong Hill tribes,

alleged absence of marriage among the, p. 55;

monogamous as a rule, p. 59;

punishment for adultery among some of the, p. 122;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 219;

love among the, p. 357;

class-endogamy of the, p. 372;

marriage by capture among the, p. 385 n. 12;

most of the, do not buy their wives, p. 398;

social equality among the, p. 506.

See Bunjogees, Chukmas, Khyoungtha, Kukis, Mrús, Tipperahs, Toungtha.

Choctaws, exogamy among the, p. 298.

Choice, liberty of, ch. ix., pp. 541 sq.

Christians, religious endogamy of, pp. 374 sq.

——, early, their disapproval of second marriages, p. 128;

views regarding celibacy among the, pp. 154 sq.;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 427;

indissoluble nature of marriage according to the, pp. 525 sq.

Chukchi, their terms for father and mother, p. 92;

monogamous as a rule, p. 440 n. 2.

See Tuski.

Chukmas (Chittagong Hills), celibacy almost unknown among the, p. 136;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 303;

compensation for capture among the, p. 401;

omens among the, p. 423;

divorce exceptional among the, p. 521 n. 9.

Chulims, virginity required from the bride among the, p. 124;

ceremony of capture among the, p. 385 n. 15;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 393.

Chuvashes, virginity required from the bride among the, p. 124;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 423 n. 7;

divorce exceptional among the, p. 521 n. 9.

Cicero, on intermarriages of ingenui and freedmen, p. 372.

Circassia, horses of, p. 281.

Circassians, marriage not complete till the birth of a child among the, p. 22;

punishment for unchastity among the, p. 63;

virginity required from the bride among the, p. 124;

exogamy among the, p. 306;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 392 n. 3;

divorce among the, p. 532 n. 3.

Circumcision, pp. 201-206.

Civil marriage, pp. 428 sq.

‘Classifactory system of relationship,’ pp. 82-96, 328, 329, 539, 544.

Coca, Indians of, nakedness of the, p. 187.

Cochabamba, excess of women in, p. 461.

Cochin-Chinese, their admiration for black teeth, p. 182;

their ideal of beauty, pp. 257 sq.;

monogamous as a rule, p. 439.

See Chamba.

Coco-Maricopas, monogamous, p. 435.

Coimbatore. See Vellalah caste.

Colour of the skin, pp. 269-271.

Colours, of flowers, pp. 242 sq.;

sexual, of animals, ch. xi., p. 542.

Colquhoun, Mr. A. R. , on the origin of tattooing, p. 172.

Columbians, early betrothals among the, p. 213;

large households of the, p. 324;

their views on marriage by purchase, p. 402.

See British Columbians, Chinooks, Nez Percés, Oregon, Spokane Indians, Walla Wallas, Washington.

——, Inland, standard of female excellence among the, p. 381;

divorce among the, pp. 527, 531 n. 4, 533 n. 4.

——, about Puget Sound, prostitution of wives among the, p. 131;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n.

Comanches, lending wives among the, p. 74 n. 1;

their punishment for adultery, p. 122 n. 3;

widows killed among the, p. 125;

marry early, p. 137 n. 7;

men more ornamented than women among the, p. 182;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 216 n. 5;

run-away matches among the, p. 216 n. 10;

calculation in marriage selection among the, p. 382;

no marriage ceremony among the, p. 417;

polygyny among the, p. 449 n. 2;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n.

‘Communal marriage.’ See Promiscuity.

Concubinage, pp. 443-447.

Congo, region of the, royal privileges in the, p. 79;

widows killed in the, p. 125;

means of attraction in the, p. 174;

religious marriage ceremony among the Negroes of the, p. 423 n.7;

excess of females among half-breed children in the, pp. 478 sq.

——, people of the Lower, monogamous as a rule, p. 438.

——, people of the Upper, love among the, p. 358.

‘Consanguine family,’ p. 85.

Continence, periodical, required from the husband, pp. 483-485, 548.

Contrasts, love excited by, pp. 353-355.

Copper Indians, prohibited degrees among the, p. 295.

Copts, circumcision among the, pp. 202, 204 n. 2;

their weddings, p. 418 n. 10;

day for marriage among the, p. 424 n. 1.

Coreans, bachelors disdained among the, p. 140;

celibacy due to poverty among the, p. 144 n. 3;

liberty of choice among the, p. 220;

class-endogamy among the, p. 372;

polygyny among the, p. 431;

ill-assorted marriages among the, pp. 485 sq.

Coroados, not in a social state, p. 46;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 119;

do not buy their wives (?), p. 398;

polygyny exceptional among the, p. 441 n. 4.

Coropos, do not buy their wives (?), p. 398.

Cossacks, Saporogian, polyandry among the, p. 453.

Country districts in Europe, periodical fluctuation in the number of births in, p. 38;

celibacy in, pp. 146, 148;

excess of male births in, pp. 471, 476.

Courage and strength, female appreciation of, pp. 255 sq.

Courtesans, respect paid to, pp. 80, 81, 539.

Courtship, ch. viii. sq., p. 541.

‘Couvade, La,’ pp. 106 sq.

Crampe, on some effects of close interbreeding, pp. 336, 345;

on the proportion between the sexes at birth among horses, p. 480.

Creeks, a woman who is abandoned may destroy her child, among the, p. 24;

disposal of a girl’s hand among the, pp. 40 sq.;

kinship through females among the, p. 107;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 119;

their punishment for adultery, p. 122;

widows forbidden to speak with any man for a certain period among the, p. 128;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 216;

exogamy among the, p. 298;

large households of the, p. 324;

love among the, p. 358 n. 2;

their desire for offspring, pp. 378 sq.;

marriage portion among the, p. 414 n. 4;

no marriage ceremony among the, p. 417 n. 4;

excess of women among the, p. 460;

divorce among the, p. 518.

Crees, lending wives among the, p. 74 n. 1;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 118;

their punishment for adultery, p. 122 n. 8;

widows killed among the, p. 125;

prostitution of wives among the, p. 131;

celibacy rare among the, p. 134;

women less desirous of decorating themselves than of decorating the men among the, p. 184;

run-away matches among the, p. 216 n. 10;

infanticide rare among the, p. 312;

their desire for offspring, p. 376;

polygyny among the, pp. 443, 500 n. 2;

female jealousy among the, p. 499 n. 6;

Levirate among the, p. 511 n. 3.

Crickets, colours of, p. 247.

Croatians, marriage arranged by the parents among the, p. 235;

marriage ceremony among the, p. 421.

Crocodiles, maternal care among, p. 10;

sexual odours of, pp. 246, 248 sq.

Crows, polygyny among the, p. 500 n. 3.

Cunningham, Lieut. J. D. , on polyandry, p. 474.

Curetús, nakedness of women among the, p. 187 n. 5;

monogamous, p. 435 n. 11.

Cyprus, religious prostitution in, p. 72.

D

Dacotahs, terms for relationships among the, p. 87;

chieftainship hereditary in the male line among the, p. 98;

speedy remarriage of widowers and widows prohibited among the, p. 129 n. 2, 6;

celibacy scarcely known among the, pp. 134 sq.;

marry early, p. 137 n. 7;

means of attraction among the, p. 173;

run-away matches among the, p. 216;

infanticide rare among the, p. 312;

conjugal affection among the, p. 360;

morning gift among the, p. 410;

mortality of children among the, p. 491 n. 4;

polygyny among the, p. 497;

divorce among the, p. 533 n. 1.

See Naudowessies.

Dahl, Dr. L., on the effects of consanguineous marriage, p. 343.

Dahomans, punishment for seduction among the, p. 62;

royal privileges among the, pp. 78 sq.;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 120;

marriage ceremony among the, p. 421;

polygyny among the, P. 494.

Damaras, system of kinship among the, p. 103;

their mutilations of the teeth, pp. 167, 174;

circumcision among the, p. 203;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 393;

polygyny among the, p. 446;

polyandry among the, pp. 451, 452, 504 n. 1;

their women get old early, p. 487;

divorce among the, p. 526 n. 7.

Danes in England, p. 529.

Darien, ancient, widows killed in, p. 125.

Darling river, natives of the, conjugal affection among the, p. 359.

Darwin, Mr. Charles, on the sociability of the progenitors of man, p. 42;

on the progress of mankind, pp. 49 sq.;

on promiscuous intercourse, p. 117;

on the courtship of animals, pp. 157-159, 163;

on the plain appearance of savage women, p. 183 n. 5;

on individual inclinations among domesticated quadrupeds, p. 185;

on female choice, pp. 222, 253, 255, ch. xi.;

on sexual selection among animals, ch. xi.;

on the racial standard of beauty, p. 261 n. 2;

on the connection between love and beauty, pp. 274 sq.;

on the origin of the human races, pp. 275, 276, 543;

on the hairlessness of the human body, p. 276;

on the crossing of species, pp. 279 sq.;

on the infertility of hybrids, pp. 279, 280 n. 1;

on infertility from changed conditions of life, p. 286;

on female infanticide among primitive men, p. 313;

on savage observation of the injurious results of consanguineous marriage, p. 318 n. 1;

on the effects of cross- and self-fertilization of plants, pp. 335, 337, 338, 345.

Darwin, Prof. G. H. , on marriage between first cousins, pp. 341, 342, 346.

Delaunay, M., on personal beauty, p. 261 n. 3.

Denmark, age for marriage among men in, p. 146;

consanguineous marriages in, pp. 342-345;

isolated communities in, p. 344;

divorce in, p. 526.

Deutsch, Platt, term for female cousin and niece in, p. 96.

Devay, F., on the effects of consanguineous marriage, pp. 340 sq.

Dhimáls, rule of inheritance among the, p. 101;

marry early, p. 138;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 391 n.;

position of their women, p. 501;

nominal authority of their chiefs, p. 506.

Dieyerie (Australia), system of kinship among the, p. 101;

their custom of knocking out teeth, p. 169 sq.;

tradition of the origin of exogamy among the, pp. 350 sq.

Dinka, nakedness of the men among the, p. 189.

Divorce, ch. xxiii., pp. 107, 108, 549.

Djidda, sexual morality at, p. 364.

Djour tribes, on the White Nile, marry early, p. 138.

Dogs, male, inclined towards strange females, p. 334 n. 1;

in-and-in breeding of, p. 336.

Dongolowees, female appreciation of manly courage among the, p. 256.

Dophlas, polyandry among the, p. 452;

polygyny among the, P. 455.

Dorey, Papuans of, female chastity among the, p. 64;

nakedness of the girls among the, p. 197 n. 4;

marriage by exchange of presents among the, p. 409 n. 9;

monogamous, p. 437.

Dormouse, pairing season of the, pp. 26 sq.

Draco, brilliant colours in the genus, p. 245.

Dragon-flies, sexual colours of, p. 245.

Dress, ch. ix., p. 541.

Drummond’s Islanders (Kingsmill Group), their want of modesty, p. 188 n. 8.

Duallas, divorce among the, p. 530 n. 7.

Duauru language of Baladea, term for father in the, p. 86.

Duboc, Dr. J., on love, p. 356 n. 2.

Ducks, want of paternal care among, p. 11.

Duesing, Dr. C., on the causes which determine the sex of the offspring, pp. 470, 471, 476.

Duke of York Group, nakedness of men in the, p. 188 n. 9.

Dutch, term for nephew, grandson, and cousin in, p. 96.

Dwarfs, abnormal constitution of, p. 266.

Dyaks (Borneo), possession of human heads requisite for marriage among the, p. 18;

tattooing of young people among the, p. 177;

tattooing of women among the, p. 179;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 218;

female appreciation of manly courage among the, p. 255;

prohibited degrees among certain, p. 295;

endogamy of the, p. 367;

their desire for offspring, p. 377 n. 6;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 391 n. 1;

marriage rites among the, pp. 421 sq.;

their women get old early, p. 486;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n. 1;

authority of their women, p. 501;

divorce among the, pp. 518, 519, 526 n. 7, 531, 533.

Dyaks on the Batang Lupar, unrestrained sexual intercourse, but no promiscuity among the, p. 71.

——, Land, seclusion of the sexes among the, p. 63;

celibacy unknown among the, p. 136;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 302;

monogamous, p. 437;

nominal authority of their chiefs, p. 506.

—— of Lundu, endogamy of the, p. 348;

infertility of their women, ib.

——, Sea, prohibited degrees among the, pp. 301 sq.;

conjugal love among the, p. 358;

class-endogamy of the, p. 371 n. 4;

monogamous, p. 437 n. 1;

jealousy of the, p. 498;

divorce among the, p. 531 n. See Sibuyaus.

—— of Sidin, lending wives among the, p. 74 n. 1.

E

East, unmarried women very rare in the, p. 140;

wives profitable to their husbands in the, p. 147;

desire for offspring in the, p. 489;

polygyny in the, pp. 489, 496, 498, 519;

divorce in the, p. 519.

Easter Islanders, their custom of enlarging the ear-lobes, p. 166;

tattooing among the, pp. 169, 181;

excess of men among the, p. 462.

Edeeyahs (Fernando Po), first wife obtained by service among the, p. 446.

Efatese (New Hebrides), their term for father, &c., p. 87;

kinship through females among the, p. 108;

denomination of children among the, ib. n. 4;

consider sexual intercourse unclean, p. 151;

exogamy among the, pp. 301, 325;

their clans, p. 325;

their nomenclature, ib.

Egbas, their women not prolific, p. 491 n. 1;

inheriting widows among the, p. 513 n. 1.

Egmont Island. See Santa Cruz.

Egypt. See Arabs of Upper Egypt.

Egyptians, ancient, tale of the institution of marriage among the, p. 8;

believed that a child descended chiefly from the father, p. 106;

their punishment for adultery, p. 122 n. 4;

paternal authority and filial duties among the, p. 229;

incest among the, pp. 294, 339;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 425;

polygyny among the, pp. 432, 442, 447;

monogamy of their priests, p. 432;

Levirate among the, p. 511 n.

——, modern, celibacy disreputable among the, p. 140;

tattooing of women among the, p. 181 n. 4;

ideas of modesty among the, p. 207;

their ideal of beauty, p. 262;

use of children among the, p. 380;

lucky day for marriage among the, p. 424 n. 1;

unlucky period for marriage among the, ib.;

polygyny among the, pp. 449, ib. n. 5, 488, 489, 498 sq.;

their women get old early, p. 487;

fickleness of their passions, p. 488;

their desire for offspring, p. 489;

divorce among the, pp. 519 sq.

Eimeo (Society Islands), tattooing in, pp. 177 n. 12, 178 n. 5.

Elephants, substitute for paternal protection among, p. 21;

have no definite pairing season, p. 27.

Elk, pairing season of the, p. 26 n.

Ellice Islands. See Hudson’s Islanders, Humphrey’s Islanders, Mitchell’s Group, Vaitupu.

Elopement, marriage by, p. 223.

Encounter Bay tribe (Australia), paternal duties among the, p. 16;

scattered in search of food, p. 48;

means of attraction among the, p. 173;

mongrels among the, p. 287.

Endogamy, pp. 332, 343, 344, 346-350, 363-368, 373, 374, 546;

class- and caste-, pp. 370-373, 546.

Engels, F., on the promiscuity of primitive man, p. 50 n. 1.

England, spring-customs in, p. 30;

age for marriage in, p. 146;

average age of bachelors and spinsters who marry, in, ib.;

women’s liberty of choice in, during early Middle Ages, p. 236;

parental restraints upon marriage in, p. 239;

deaf-mutes in, p. 341;

marriages between first cousins in, pp. 341, 342, 346, 481 n. 3;

aristocracy of, p. 368;

class-endogamy in, p. 373;

traces of marriage by purchase in, pp. 396 sq.;

marriage by purchase in, p. 404;

civil marriage in, p. 428;

divorce in, p. 529.

English, term for granddaughter in Shakespeare’s time in, p. 96.

Ermland (Prussia), marriage ceremony in, p. 419.

Eskimo, lending wives among the, pp. 74 n. 1, 75;

their system of nomenclature, p. 84;

their terms for relationships, p. 93;

celibates disdained among the, p. 136 n. 10;

nose-ornament among the, pp. 173 sq.;

tattooing of girls among the, p. 177;

their clothing, pp. 186 sq.;

want of modesty among the, p. 210;

early betrothals among the, p. 213;

relationship by alliance a bar to marriage among the, p. 309;

love among the, p. 360;

barren wives despised among the, p. 378 n. 4;

marriage with old women among the, p. 381;

morning gift among the, p. 410;

no marriage ceremony among the, p. 417;

polygyny among the, pp. 441 n. 4, 443 n. 5, 450, 482;

polyandry among certain, pp. 451, 472 n. 3;

excess of women among certain, pp. 460, 465, 482;

mortality among the, p. 465;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n.;

Levirate among the, p. 511 n. 3;

a passionless race, p. 515;

a rather advanced race, p. 516.

See Greenlanders, Togiagamutes.

——, Eastern, women adopting masculine manners among the, p. 134 n. 2.

—— of Etah, their want of modesty, p. 210.

—— at Igloolik, speedy remarriage of widowers and widows prohibited among the, p. 129 nn. 3, 6;

marriage between cousins among the, p. 296;

affection among the, p. 359;

female jealousy among the, p. 499 n. 6.

Eskimo, Kinipetu, jus primae noctis among the, p. 76.

—— of Newfoundland, affection among the, p. 357.

—— of Norton Sound, affection among the, p. 357.

—— at Prince Regent’s Bay, polygyny among the, pp. 488 sq.

——, Western, infanticide unknown among the, p. 312;

excess of men among the, pp. 460, 473;

divorce among the, p. 530 n. 7.

Essenes, celibacy of the, p. 154;

desire for offspring among an order of the, p. 379.

Esthonians, spring-customs among the, p. 30;

their term for grandfather, p. 92;

marriage by capture among the, p.386;

marriage ceremony among the, p. 419;

period for marriage among the, p. 424 n. 1.

Eucla tribe (Australia), scar the body, p. 179;

monogamous, P. 437.

Eurasians, p. 283.

Europe, spring customs in certain countries of, p. 30;

illegitimate births in towns and in country districts in, p. 69;

prostitution in, pp. 69 sq.;

illegitimate births in, p. 70;

celibacy in, pp. 70, 145-149, 541;

numerical proportion between the sexes in, pp. 146, 147, 464;

vanity of women in, p. 185;

ear-ring worn in, p. 186;

differences in the standard of beauty in, p. 258;

difference in stature between the sexes in, p. 260;

no pure races in, p. 282;

marriage between cousins in, p. 296;

usefulness of children among the uneducated classes of, p. 380;

morning gift in, p. 407;

marriage portion in, pp. 412, 413, 416;

marriage ceremonies in, p. 421;

polygyny in, p. 434;

mortality in, p. 465;

excess of male births in, pp. 469, 481 n. 4;

monogamy in, p. 502;

divorce in, pp. 529, 530, 536.

See Middle Ages.

Europe, ancient inhabitants of, their decorations, p. 165.

——, Eastern, ‘spiritual relationship’ in, p. 331.

Europeans, almost incapable of forming colonies in the tropics, pp. 268 sq.;

change of complexion of, in the tropics, pp. 269 sq.

Exogamy, ch. xiv. sq., pp. 544-546;

local, pp. 321-323, 544.

F

Fallow deer, p. 281.

Family, ch. i., iii.

Faroe Islands, sheep of the, p. 281.

Fashions, pp. 274 sq.

Fatherhood, recognition of, pp. 105-107.

Fathers of the Church, opinions about celibacy held by many of the, pp. 154 sq.

Fecundity, female, appreciation of, p. 378.

Felkin, Dr. R. W. , on acclimatization, p. 268;

on the causes which determine the sex of the offspring, p. 479.

Ferghana, Mohammedans of, their ideas of decency, p. 209.

Fernando Po, the adulterer punished as a thief in, p. 130 n. 4.

See Bubis, Edeeyahs.

Fick, on the influence of muscles on the form of the bones, p. 268.

Fida, Negroes of, royal privileges among the, p. 79;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 120;

their desire for offspring, p. 377;

polygyny among the, p. 490;

inheriting widows among the, p. 513 n. 1.

Fighting, for females, pp. 159-163, 541;

by women, for the possession of men, p. 164.

Fijians, chastity of the, p. 64;

rank and property hereditary in the male line among the, p. 99;

widows killed among the, pp. 125 sq.;

their opinions as regards celibacy, p. 137;

their ideas of delicacy in married life, pp. 151 sq.;

combats for women among the, p. 161;

their appreciation of vermilion, p. 168;

tattooing among the, pp. 169, 170, 177 n. 12, 184, 201 n. 4;

means of attraction among the, p. 173;

position of women among the, p. 184;

female dress among the, pp. 190, 197;

their ideas of modesty, pp. 209-211;

early betrothals among the, p. 214 n. 8;

disposal of a girl’s hand among the, p. 215 n.;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 218 n. 5;

their ideal of beauty, p. 262;

local exogamy among the, p. 323;

conjugal love among the, p. 359;

marriage by capture among the, p. 385;

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 394, 399 n. 7;

religious marriage ceremonies among the, p. 422;

polygyny among the, pp. 435, 441 n. 3, 496 n. 1;

obligatory continence among the, pp. 483 n. 6, 484;

female jealousy among the, p. 497;

rule of inheritance among the, p. 512 n. 3.

Finland, ceremony of capture in, p. 386;

ceremony of purchase in, p. 396.

Finnish, term for father in, pp. 86, 91 sq.;

term for grandmother in, p. 92.

Finnish peoples, marriage by purchase among the, p. 402 n. 1.

——, East, marriage by purchase among the, p. 396.

Finns, ancient, devoid of tribal organization from want of sufficient food, p. 47;

state of morality among the, p. 69;

appreciation of manly courage among the, p. 255;

horror of incest among the, pp. 291 sq.;

consanguineous marriage avoided among the, p. 306;

marriage by capture among the, p. 386;

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 395 sq.;

decay of marriage by purchase among the, p. 404;

traces of polygyny among the, p. 434.

Finschhafen, Papuans of, celibacy rare among the, p. 136 n. 5;

sexual modesty of the, p. 152 n. 3.

Fishes, want of parental care among, pp. 10, 21;

colours of, p. 245;

sexual sounds of, p. 247;

‘ornaments’ of some male, pp. 250 sq.;

hybridism scarcely known among, p. 278.

Fiske, Mr. J., on the long period of infancy of man, p. 21 n. 5;

on promiscuity of primitive man, p. 51 n. 2.

Fison, Rev. L., on group-marriage among the Australians, pp. 54, 56 sq.;

on women as food-providers among savages, p. 222;

on female infanticide among savages, p. 313.

Flemish, term for female cousin and niece in, p. 96.

Florisuga mellivora, males of, displaying their charms, p. 251 n. 2.

Forel, Prof. A., on the sterility of the workers among ants, p. 150.

Forster, G., on different ideas of modesty, p. 206;

on female beauty in hot countries, p. 488 n. 2.

Fowls, in-and-in breeding of, p. 336.

Fox, pairing season of the, p. 26 n.

France, periodical fluctuation in the number of births in, p. 32;

illegitimate births in, p. 69;

jus primae noctis during the Middle Ages in certain parts of, p. 77;

number of people who die single, in, p. 146;

average age of bachelors and spinsters who marry, in, ib.;

women’s liberty of choice in, during early Middle Ages, p. 236;

parental restraints upon marriage in, pp. 236 n. 8, 238 sq.;

slow decline of the paternal authority in, pp. 237 sq.;

mixture of race in, p. 282;

prohibited degrees in, p. 296;

deaf-mutes in, p. 341;

consanguineous marriages in, p. 342;

endogamous communities in, p. 344;

aristocracy of, p. 368;

class-endogamy in, p. 373;

marriage portion in, p. 416;

civil marriage in, p. 428;

divorce in, p. 526.

Frazer, Mr. J. G. , on the origin of tattooing, &c., pp. 170 sq.

Frogs, sexual sounds of, pp. 247, 249;

colours of, p. 248.

Fuegians, husband’s duties among the, p. 15;

marriage not regarded as complete till the birth of a child among the, p. 22;

devoid of tribal organization, p. 44;

from want of sufficient food, p. 47;

the family among the, pp. 44, 45, 47;

alleged promiscuity among the, p. 54;

no promiscuity among the, p. 58;

terms of address among the, p. 94;

consider the maternal tie more important than the paternal, p. 105;

jealousy of the men among the, pp. 117 sq.;

marry early, pp. 137 sq.;

their vanity, p. 165;

their custom of pulling out the eyebrows, p. 167;

men more desirous of ornaments than women among the, p. 184;

their clothing, p. 186;

their want of modesty, p. 187;

nakedness of the, pp. 193, 197 n. 4;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 216;

mongrels among the, p. 283;

polygyny among the, pp. 315, 442;

conjugal affection among the, p. 359;

marriage with old women among the, p. 381;

marriage by capture among the, p. 384;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 390 n. 5;

barter formerly unknown among the, p. 400;

marriage portion among the, p. 415 n. 1;

no marriage ceremony among the, p. 417 n. 4;

prolificness of their women, p. 490 n. 6;

mortality of children among the, p. 491 n. 4;

female jealousy among the, p. 497. See Yahgans.

Fulah, rules of succession among the, p. 102;

the adulterer punished as a thief among the, p. 130 n. 4;

their women become sterile early, p. 487.

Fulfúlde language, terms for uncles in the, p. 91.

Fustel de Coulanges, Prof. N. D. , on the patria potestas of the primitive Aryans, p. 230 n. 5.

G

Gaddanes (Philippines), courtship restricted to a certain season among the, p. 28.

Galactophagi, alleged community of women among the, p. 52;

terms of address among the, p. 92.

Galapagos Islands, birds of, have no definite breeding season, p. 27 n. 6.

Galchas, monogamous as a rule, p. 440 n. 2.

Galega, excess of men in, p. 464.

Galela, local exogamy among the, p. 323;

monogamous, p. 436 n. 12;

divorce among the, pp. 527 n. 1, 531.

Galibi language (Brazil), term for young brother and son in the, p. 93.

Gallas, necessary preliminary to marriage among the, p. 18;

Levirate among the, p. 511 n.

Gallinaceæ, marriage among, p. 11;

sexual colours of the, p. 245 n. 3;

hybridism among, p. 278.

Gallinomero (California), divorce among the, p. 533 n. 4.

Galton, Mr. F., on consanguineous marriage, p. 339;

on marriage selection, p. 355.

Gambier Islanders, tattooing among the, pp. 177 n. 12, 180;

their women indifferent to ornaments, p. 184.

Ganges, valleys of the, religious prostitution in the, p. 72.

Garamantians of Ethiopia, alleged community of women among the, pp. 52, 59, 60.

Garenganze, divorce among the, p. 528.

Garhwal Hills, polygyny and excess of women among the people of the, p. 473.

Garos, courtship by women among the, p. 158;

covering used by the, p. 191;

exogamy among the, p. 303;

consanguineous marriages among their chiefs, p. 348;

degeneration of their chiefs, ib.;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 423;

their women get old early, p. 486;

divorce among the, p. 522.

Gauls, women as tall as men among the, p. 260 n. 1.

See Sena.

Gazelles, marriage and paternal care among, p. 12.

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I., on the racial standard of beauty, p. 261 n. 2;

on dwarfs and giants, p. 266;

on the infertility of hybrids, p. 279.

Georgia, mountaineers of, position of the maternal uncle among the, p. 40.

Georgian, term for father in, p. 86.

Gerland, Prof. G., on tattooing, p. 171;

on the racial standard of beauty, p. 261 n. 2.

German, terms for parents in, p. 92.

Germans, ancient, their chastity, p. 69;

system of kinship among the, p. 104;

virginity required from the bride among the, p. 124;

age for marriage among the, p. 143;

celibacy almost unknown among the, ib.;

prohibited degrees among the, pp. 293, 328;

households of the, p. 328;

endogamy of the, p. 365;

barren wives despised among the, p. 378 n. 4;

exchange of presents among the, p. 406;

period for marriage among the, p. 424 n. 1;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 429;

legitimacy of marriage among the, ib.;

polygyny among the, pp. 433, 442;

monogamous, p. 442;

divorce among the, p. 521.

See Teutons.

Germany, spring-customs in, p. 30;

periodical fluctuation in the number of births in, pp. 31-34;

liberty of choice in, during the Middle Ages, p. 237;

parental restraints upon marriage in, p. 239;

class-endogamy in, pp. 372 sq.;

foreigners in, during the Middle Ages, p. 374;

folk-lore in, on childless marriages, p. 378;

traces of marriage by purchase in, pp. 396 sq.;

morning gift in, p. 407 n. 6;

marriage portion in, p. 416 n. 3;

civil marriage in, p. 428;

polygyny in, p. 434.

Ghost moth, sexual colours of the, pp. 244 sq.

Giants, abnormal constitution of, p. 266.

Gilyaks, celibates disdained among the, p. 136 n. 10;

sons betrothed in infancy among the, p. 224 n. 1;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 392 n. 2.

——, Smerenkur, polyandry among the, p. 453.

Ginoulhiac, Ch., on the morning gift, p. 407 n. 8.

Gippsland, aborigines of, plain appearance of women among the, p. 185;

women food-providers among the, p. 222.

Giraffe, sexual sounds of the, p. 247.

Giraud-Teulon, Prof. A., on the place of the maternal uncle in the primitive family, p. 39;

on the promiscuity of primitive man, pp. 51, 78, 133;

on the estimation of courtesans, p. 80;

on the maternal system among the ancient Aryans, p. 104 n. 2;

on want of jealousy among savages, p. 117.

Goa, religious prostitution at, p. 72.

Goajiro Indians, authority of the maternal uncle among the, p. 40.

Goat, he-, has no definite pairing season, p. 38.

Godron, D. A. , on tribal physiognomy among savages, p. 265;

on the colour of the skin, p. 269;

on the fertility of mongrels, p. 284.

Goehlert, Dr. V., on the causes which determine the sex of the offspring, p. 469;

on the proportion between the sexes at birth among horses, p. 476.

Gold Coast, Negroes of the, system of kinship among the, p. 102;

celibacy very rare among the, p. 135;

their custom of purchasing wives does not cause celibacy among the poor, p. 145 n. 3;

early betrothals among the, p. 214;

woman’s power of choice among the, p. 220 n. 11;

love among the, p. 357;

excess of women among the, p. 464;

polygyny among the, p. 492.

See Accra.

Gonds, rule of inheritance among the, p. 101;

their punishment for adultery, p. 122 n. 4;

tattooing of the young people among the, p. 177;

marriage between cousins among the, p. 297;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 391 n.;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 402 n. 1;

marriage ceremonies among the, pp. 420, 422;

omens among the, pp. 423 n. 10, 424 n. 1;

monogamous as a rule, p. 439 n. 11;

polygyny rare among the, p. 493;

Levirate among the, p. 511 n. 3.

Gorillas, marriage and paternal care among, pp. 13 sq.;

their pairing season, p. 27;

live generally in pairs or families, p. 42;

chiefly monogamous, p. 508;

duration of their marriage, p. 535.

Gournditch-mara (Australia), the family among the, p. 45;

kinship through males among the, p. 101;

marriage of captured women among the, p. 316 n. 2.

Gowane (Kordofan), their desire for offspring, p. 379 n. 1.

Goyaz, excess of women in, p. 478.

Grasshoppers, colours of, p. 247.

Gratz, illegitimate births in, p. 69.

Great Britain, endogamous communities in, pp. 344 sq.

Greece, periodical fluctuation in the number of births in, p. 32;

mixed marriages in, p. 375;

marriage by capture in, p. 386;

excess of male births in, p. 469.

Greek, terms for grandfather and grandmother in, p. 86;

term for nephew, grandson, and cousin in, p. 96.

Greek Church, Orthodox, religious endogamy in the, p. 375.

Greek colonies, bigamy in some of the, p. 433.

Greeks, ancient, their belief that a child descended chiefly from the father, p. 106;

their disapproval of the remarriage of widows, p. 128;

regarded marriage as indispensable, p. 142;

celibacy of priests among the, p. 153;

fights and emulation for women among the, p. 162.;

paternal authority among the, pp. 230, 232 sq.;

women betrothed by the father or guardian among the, p. 233;

restriction of paternal authority among the, p. 236;

their ideal of beauty, p. 262;

marriage of brother and sister among the, p. 295 n. 5;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 328;

family feeling among the, ib.;

love among the, p. 361;

seclusion of the sexes among the, ib.;

marriage by capture among the, p. 386;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 396;

decay of marriage by purchase among the, pp. 404-406;

dower among the, pp. 406, 411, 412, 415, 416, 429;

morning gift among the, p. 406;

period for marriage among the, p. 424 n. 1;

religious marriage ceremonies among the, pp. 426 sq.;

legitimacy of marriage among the, p. 429;

polygyny and concubinage among the, pp. 433, 447;

divorce among the, pp. 520, 521, 523.

See Athenians, Spartans.

Greenland, mixture of race in, p. 282;

marriage restriction for Danes in, p. 365.

Greenlanders, modesty of their women, p. 65;

illegitimate births among the, ib.;

depravation due to European influence among the, p. 66;

lending wives among the, p. 75;

privileges of their Angekokks, p. 80;

property hereditary in the male line among the, p. 98;

speedy remarriage of widowers and widows prohibited among the, p. 129 n. 6;

a widow’s mourning among the, p. 130;

marry early, p. 137;

consider incontinence in marriage blamable, p. 151;

wrestling for women among the, p. 160 n. 2;

tattooing among the, p. 170;

their fear of being blamed by others, p. 209;

their want of modesty, p. 210 n. 3;

women’s power of choice among the, p. 216 n. 9;

prohibited degrees among the, pp. 297, 324;

close living together a bar to intermarriage among the, p. 321;

their households, p. 324;

views on consanguineous marriage among the, p. 351;

affection among the, pp. 357, 359 n. 5;

their desire for offspring, p. 377 n. 6;

their views on female attractions, p. 381;

marriage portion among the, p. 415 n. 1;

polygyny among the, pp. 441, 443, 450, 488, 495 n. 2, 496 n. 3;

polyandry among the, p. 451 n. 2;

their desire for offspring, p. 488;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n.;

jealousy of their women, p. 496;

divorce among the, pp. 518, 521, 526 n. 7, 530 n. 7, 531 n., 533 n. 4.

Greenlanders, Eastern, marriage not regarded as complete till the birth of a child among the, p. 22;

celibacy almost unknown among the, p. 135;

relationship by alliance a bar to marriage among the, p. 309;

horror of sexual intercourse within prohibited degrees among the, p. 317;

ceremony of capture among the, p. 388.

Griquas, p. 283.

Group-marriage, pp. 54, 56, 57, 85, 95 n. 1, 516, 549.

Gruenhagen, Dr. A., on the pairing season of animals, p. 25.

Guachís, live scattered in families, p. 46.

Gualala (California), prohibited degrees among the, p. 297.

Guanas, their punishment for adultery, p. 122 n. 3;

marry early, p. 137;

combats for women among the, p. 160;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 216;

morning gift among the, p. 410;

polygyny exceptional among the, p. 441 n. 4;

excess of men among the, pp. 461, 466 n. 1;

female infanticide among the, p. 466 n. 1;

divorce among the, p. 527.

Guanches, monogamous, p. 435.

See Lancerote.

Guaranies, paternal care among the, p. 17;

marry early, p. 137;

their horror of consanguineous marriage, p. 299;

polygyny permitted only to chiefs among the, p. 437 n. 10;

excess of women among the, p. 461;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n. 1.

Guarayos, painted suitors among the, p. 176;

tattooing of the young people among the, p. 177;

disposal of a girl’s hand among the, p. 214 n. 15.

Guatemalans, marriage arranged by the parents among the, p. 226;

marriage with a half-sister among the, p. 295;

endogamy of the, p. 365;

class-endogamy of the, p. 370;

divorce among the, p. 528.

Guatós, live scattered in families, p. 46.

Guaycurûs, alleged absence of marriage among the, p. 55;

monogamous, pp. 59, 435 n. 11;

rank hereditary in the male line among the, p. 99;

their custom of painting the body, p. 168;

male dress among the, p. 190.

Guiana, Indians of, proof of manhood requisite for marriage among the, p. 18;

their custom of pulling out the eyebrows, p. 167;

women more decorated than men among the, p. 183;

position of women among the, ib.;

their ideal of female beauty, p. 259;

exogamy among the, pp. 298 sq.;

conjugal affection among the, p. 359;

race-endogamy of the, p. 363;

polygyny among the, pp. 441 n. 4, 444 n. 1, 449, 497;

prolificness of their women, p. 490 n. 6;

mortality of children among the, p. 491 n. 4.

Guinea-pigs, in-and-in breeding of, pp. 336 sq.

Gumplowicz, L., on the promiscuity of primitive man, p. 51 n. 2.

Gypsies, illegitimate childbirths dishonourable among the, p. 62;

incest among the, p. 292;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 391 n.;

prolificness of their women, p. 490 n. 6.

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Haeckel, Prof. E., on fighting for females, p. 159.

Haidahs of Queen Charlotte Islands, alleged community of women among the, p. 53;

marriage among the, p. 58;

prostitution among the, ib.;

depravation due to the influence of the whites among the, p. 67;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 118;

tattooing among the, p. 171;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n.

Hair, dressing the, ch. ix.;

short, a symbol of chastity, pp. 175 sq. n. 6.

Hairlessness of the human body, p. 276.

Harpale jacchus, p. 503.

Hartmann, E. von, on love excited by contrasts, p. 354 n. 3.

Hawaiians, their system of nomenclature, p. 83;

their terms for relationships, pp. 90, 93;

rules of succession among the, p. 100;

do not buy their wives, p. 399;

female infanticide among the, p. 466 n. 1;

their women get old early, p. 486.

See Sandwich Islanders.

Hayti, aborigines of, nakedness of the, pp. 187, 197 n. 4;

monogamous as a rule, p. 442.

Hearn, Dr. W. E. , on the patria potestas of the primitive Aryans, p. 230 n. 5.

Hellwald, F. von, on the place of the maternal uncle in the primitive family, p. 39;

on instinctive aversion to intermarriage, p. 320 n. 2.

Hemiptera, colours of the, p. 245.

Herbert River (Northern Queensland), natives of, few men die unmarried among the, p. 136;

excess of women among the, p. 462.

Herbert Vale (Northern Queensland), natives near, quarrels for women among the, p. 160.

Hervey Islanders, children belong either to the father’s or mother’s clan among the, p. 100;

infanticide unknown among the, p. 312.

Hewit, Dr., on the low fecundity of savage women, p. 490.

Himalayas, proportion between the sexes in the, p. 463.

Hindus, tale of the institution of marriage among the, p. 8;

phallic worship among the, p. 72;

their belief that a child descended chiefly from the father, p. 106;

widows killed among the, p. 125;

their disapproval of the remarriage of widows, p. 127;

regarded marriage as a religious duty, p. 141;

celibates generally disdained among the, pp. 141 sq.;

religious celibates among the, pp. 153 sq.;

‘Swayamvara’ among the, p. 162;

coquetry of women among the, p. 200;

women’s liberty of choice according to tales of the, p. 221;

paternal authority among the, pp. 231 sq.;

women’s liberty ofchoice among the, ib.;

their eight forms of marriage, p. 232;

early betrothals among the, ib.;

mongrels among the, p. 283;

marriage of brother and sister among the, p. 293;

exogamy and prohibited degrees among the, pp. 303, 304, 326;

relationship by alliance a bar to marriage among the, p. 310;

large households of the, p. 326;

‘spiritual relationship’ among the, p. 331;

views on consanguineous marriage among the, p. 351;

want of conjugal affection among the, pp. 360 sq.;

origin of caste among the, pp. 368 sq.;

intermarriage of castes among the, pp. 371 sq.;

their desire for sons, p. 377;

marriage by capture among the, p. 386;

marriage by purchase among the p. 396;

decay of marriage by purchase among the, pp. 403-406;

return gift among the, p. 405;

dower among the, pp. 406, 411, ib. n. 3;

marriage ceremonies among the, pp. 419 sq.;

wedding-ring among the, p. 421 n. 6;

periods for marriage among the, p. 424 n. 1;

marriage a sacrament among the, p. 426;

religious marriage ceremony among the, ib.;

polygyny among the, pp. 433, 442, 447, 448 n. 2, 489, 498, 499, 507 sq.;

monogamous as a rule, pp. 439, 442;

polyandry among the, pp. 454, 456 sq.;

their desire for offspring, p. 489;

Levirate (‘Niyoga’) among the, pp. 513 sq. n. 8, 514;

divorce among the, pp. 525, 529. See Allahabad, Ganges, India.

Hindus of the Madras Province, paternal authority among the, p. 231.

Hindustan, native peoples of, their disapproval of the remarriage of widows, p. 128.

Hippopotamus, marriage and paternal care of the, p. 12.

Hispaniola. See Hayti.

Hofacker, on the causes which determine the sex of the offspring, p. 469.

Holland, periodical fluctuation in the number of births in, pp. 31 sq.;

parental restraints upon marriage in, p. 239.

See Netherlands.

Homoptera, sexual sounds of certain, pp. 246 sq.

Honduras, ancient, succession through males in, p. 98;

punishment for adultery in, p. 122 n. 3.

Horses, p. 334 n. 1;

proportion of the sexes at birth among, pp. 470, 476, 480.

See Circassia.

Hos, licentious festival among the, p. 29;

rule of inheritance among the, p. 101;

celibacy due to poverty among the, pp. 143 sq.;

disposal of a girl’s hand among the, pp. 214 sq. n. 15;

elopements among the, p. 220 n.;

exogamy among the, p. 303;

conjugal love among the, p. 358;

marriage by capture among the, p. 385 n. 12.

Hottentots, licentious festival among the, p. 30;

kinship through males among the, p. 103;

their custom of painting the body, p. 176;

female dress among the, p. 191;

indecent dress of the men among the, p. 194;

curious usage among the, p. 206;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 221;

their ideal of female beauty, pp. 259, 261;

mongrels among the, p. 283;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 308;

endogamy of the, pp. 347, 348, 366;

degeneration of the, pp. 347 sq.;

marriage with slaves among the, p. 371 n. 8;

monogamous as a rule, pp. 438, 439, 506;

polyandry among the, p. 451;

social equality among the, p. 506;

divorce among the, p. 524.

See Namaquas.

Hovas, terms of address among the, pp. 91, 94;

remarriage of widows prohibited for a certain period among the, p. 129;

women’s admiration for long hair among the, p. 175;

their ideal of beauty, p. 264;

affection and love among the, p. 357;

endogamy of the, p. 366;

class-endogamy among the, p. 371;

marriage ceremony among the, p. 419;

validity of marriage among the, p. 430 n. 1;

polyandry (?) among the, p. 452;

polygyny among the, p. 499;

divorce among the, p. 521.

Howitt, Mr. A. W. , on marriage by capture and marriage by elopement, p. 223.

Hudson’s Islanders (Ellice Islands), early betrothal among the, p. 214 n. 8;

religious rites among the, p. 421.

Huge tortoise of the Galapagos Islands, sexual sounds of the, p. 247.

Humboldt, A. von, on sexual selection among savages, p. 256;

on the racial standard of beauty, p. 261;

on the red painting of American Indians, p. 264;

on tribal physiognomy among savages, p. 265.

Humboldt Bay, Papuans of, decorations among the, p. 198 n. 1.

Hume, D., on beauty, p. 257.

Humming-birds, brilliant colours of, p. 244.

Humphrey’s Islanders (Ellice Islands), religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 423 n. 7.

Hungarian, terms for elder brother and uncle in, p. 92.

Hungary, number of celibates in, p. 145;

age for marriage among women in, p. 146.

Husband living with the wife’s family, pp. 109, 110, 540.

Husband-purchase, pp. 382, 416.

Huth, Mr. A. H. , on consanguineous marriage, pp. 315 sq. n. 3, 319, 320, 339 sq.;

on incest among animals, p. 334;

on the effects of close interbreeding, p. 336.

Hybridism, pp. 278-280, 543.

Hydromus coypus, marriage and paternal care of the, p. 12.

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Iboína (Madagascar), incest in, p. 293.

Ichneumon, marriage and paternal care of the, p. 12.

Idiots, sensuality of, p. 150.

Igorrotes (Philippines), no ‘engagement’ binding till the woman is pregnant, among the, p. 23;

chastity held in honour by the, p. 63;

speedy remarriage of widowers and widows prohibited among the, p. 129 n. 6;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 423;

monogamous, p. 437;

separation not allowed among the, p. 517 n. 5.

—— of Ysarog, marriage by purchase among the, p. 402 n.

Incas, a conquering race, p. 369.

See Peruvians.

Incest, ch. xiv. sq., pp. 544 sq.

India, unrestrained sexual intercourse, but no promiscuity among the savage nations of, p. 71;

estimation of courtesans in, p. 81;

kinship through females in a few parts of, p. 102;

systems of kinship among the polyandrous peoples of, p. 112;

early betrothals in, p. 214;

great death-rate among Europeans in, pp. 268 sq.;

marriage ceremony in various parts of, p. 420;

omens among several peoples of, p. 423;

monogamy the rule in, p. 439;

proportion between the sexes in, pp. 463, 482;

polygyny in, p. 500.

——, Hill Tribes of, stimulating intercourse between the sexes at particular seasons among most of the, p. 29;

kinship through males among most of the, pp. 101, 108.

Indo-Burmese border tribes, woman’s liberty of choice among the, p. 219 n. 5.

Indo-China, savage nations of, unrestrained sexual intercourse, but no promiscuity among the, p. 71.

Indo-Europeans, their admiration of long hair in women, pp. 261 sq.;

marriage ceremony among the, pp. 419 sq.

See Aryans.

Infanticide, female, pp. 311-314, 466, 472, 473, 547.

Infants, ‘engagement’ of, pp. 213, 214, 541 sq.

Ingaliks, prohibited degrees among the, p. 297;

their desire for offspring, pp. 376 sq.;

polygyny exceptional among the, p. 441 n. 4;

mortality among certain, p. 465;

their women not prolific, p. 149 n.

Insects, want of parental care among, p. 9;

fighting for females among, p. 159;

sexual colours of, pp. 241-245, 247;

stridulous sounds of, pp. 246, 247, 249;

hybridism scarcely known among, p. 278.

Interbreeding, close, effects of, among animals, pp. 335-339, 345, 346, 545.

Invertebrata, want of parental care among, pp. 9, 21.

Iowa, Buffalo clan of the, their hair-dress, p. 170.

Ireland, hurling for women in the interior of, pp. 162 sq.;

no parental restraints upon marriage in, p. 239.

Irish, marriage by purchase among the, pp. 397, 407;

morning gift among the, p. 407;

marriage portion among the, 413.

Iroquois, the husband’s duties among the, p. 15;

rule of inheritance among the, p. 110;

widows forbidden to remarry among the, p. 127;

tattooing among the, p. 171;

disposal of a girl’s hand among the, p. 214 n. 14;

marriage arranged by the mother among the, p. 224;

exogamy among the, pp. 298, 324;

large households of the, p. 324;

no marriage ceremony among the, p. 417 n. 4;

monogamous, pp. 435, 500, 506;

authority of their women, p. 500;

social equality among the, p. 506;

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3;

divorce among the, pp. 522, 533 n. 4.

See Tsonontooas.

——, Two-Mountain, their system of nomenclature, p. 83.

Irulas, divorce among the, p. 528.

Isánna Indians, consanguineous marriage among the, pp. 327, 347;

households of the, p. 327.

Italones (Philippines), prohibition of consanguineous marriage among the, p. 302;

monogamous, p. 436 n. 12;

separation not allowed among the, p. 517 n. 5.

Italy, periodical fluctuation in the number of births in, pp. 31 sq.;

prohibited degrees in, p. 296;

civil marriage in, p. 428;

judicial separation in, pp. 526, 529.

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Jabaána, polygyny permitted only to chiefs among the, p. 437 n. 10.

Jacobs, Mr. J., on the infertility of mixed marriages between Jews and non-Jewish Europeans, p. 288;

on the proportion between the sexes at birth among Jews, p. 481 n. 4.

Jacquinot, H., on racial instincts, p. 281 n. 5.

Jakuts, women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 220;

exogamy among the, pp. 305 sq.;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 423;

polygyny among the, p. 444 n. 11;

divorce among the, pp. 521 n. 9, 532 n. 2.

James’s Bay, Indians at, struggle of women for men among the, p. 164;

wedding-ring among the, p. 421 n. 6.

Japanese, the husband entering the wife’s family among the, p. 110;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 121;

celibacy almost unknown among the, p. 139;