Note 85.4 — Chapter XV · THE COUVADE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE STRENGTH OF THE BLOOD-TIE—CONCLUSION OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE THEORY OF THE LIFE-TOKEN.
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Monseur, 90; Ostermann, 515. Cf. Science of Fairy Tales, 142, et seqq. There is a custom almost universal among the aborigines of America of preserving the bones of animals eaten; but it cannot at present be certainly ascribed to the order of ideas treated of in this chapter. I reserve it, therefore, for further investigation.