Kurnai, paternal duties among the, p. 16;

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

elopements among the, pp. 217, 399;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 300;

marriage by capture and by purchase among the, p. 399.

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

absence of marriage ceremony, not of marriage, among the, p. 59.

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

polygyny among the, pp. 58, 492, 494;

jealousy of the men among the, pp. 58, 118;

a widow’s duties among the, p. 126;

celibacy among the, p. 144, _ib._ n. 3;

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

exogamy among the, p. 297;

affection among the, p. 357;

excess of men among the, pp. 460, 466 n. 1;

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

mortality among the, p. 466;

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

their women get old early, p. 486;

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

Kyans of Baram (Borneo), monogamous, p. 437 n. 1.

L

Lacertilia, bright tints of the, pp. 248 _sq._

Ladakh, liberty of choice in, p. 219, n. 9;

polyandry in, pp. 453, 456, 458, 474 _sq._;

polygyny in, pp. 456, 488;

proportion between the sexes in, p. 463;

people of, an indolent race, p. 515;

divorce in, p. 524 n. 5.

Ladinos, approximating to the aboriginal type, p. 269;

excess of female births among, p. 477.

Lado, husband’s duties in, p. 17.

Lagos, excess of women in, p. 464.

Lakes Superior, Huron, &c., Indians around, excess of women among

the, pp. 460 _sq._

Lakor, divorce in, p. 523 n. 9.

Lammayru (Ladakh), polyandry in, pp. 474 _sq._

Lampong (Sumatra), separation not allowed in, p. 517 n. 5.

Lancerote, polyandry in, pp. 116, 451;

nakedness of the men in, 189;

people of, rather advanced in civilization, p. 516.

Lánda, rule of inheritance in, p. 103.

Lang, Mr. Andrew, on consanguineous marriage, p. 319.

Langobardi, dower among the, p. 407.

Laosians, tattooing of men among the, p. 179;

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

Laplanders, tale of the institution of marriage among the, p. 9;

considered want of chastity a merit in the bride, p. 81;

their term for grandfather, p. 92;

endogamy of the, p. 365;

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

marriage by capture among the, p. 386;

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

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

La Plata, caste distinction in, p. 369.

Larrakía tribe (Australia), polygyny rare among the, p. 440.

Latin, meaning of ‘nepos’ in, p. 96.

Latúka, hair-dress of the men among the, p. 167;

excess of women among the, p. 464.

Lawrence, Sir W., on tribal physiognomy among savages, p. 265 n. 2;

on deviations from the racial standard, p. 226;

on deformed individuals among savages, p. 277.

Le Bon, Dr. G., on the practice of lending wives, p. 73 n. 5;

on want of jealousy among savages, p. 117;

on polygyny, pp. 499, 509.

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

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

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

Lepidoptera, colours of certain, p. 247.

Let-htas (Burma), seclusion of the sexes among the, p. 63;

means of attraction among the, p. 173.

Letourneau, Prof. Ch., on savage women married without their

wishes being consulted, p. 221;

on the ultimate form of marriage, pp. 509 _sq._

Lettis, prohibited degrees among the, p. 302;

monogamous, p. 437 n. 1;

divorce among the, p. 523 n. 9.

Leuckart, Prof. R., on the periodicity in the sexual life of

animals, p. 25.

Levirate, pp. 3, 510-514.

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

Lifuans, time for ‘engagements’ among the, p. 30;

terms for relationships among the, pp. 86, 89;

children belong to the father’s clan among the, p. 100;

celibacy caused by polygyny among the, p. 144;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 301;

polyandry among the, p. 451;

divorce among the, p. 522.

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

wives obtained by service among the, p. 390 n. 7.

Lippert, J., on the place of the maternal uncle in the primitive

family, p. 39;

on the promiscuity of primitive man, p. 51.

Lipplapps, alleged sterility of, p. 287;

excess of women among the, p. 478.

Lithuania, marriage by capture in, p. 387.

Livonia, marriage by capture in, p. 387.

Lizards, sexual odours of, p. 246.

Loango, Negroes of, female chastity among the, pp. 62 _sq._;

inheritance through females among the, p. 112;

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

nakedness of women among the, p. 189;

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

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

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

marriage ceremony among the, p. 421;

polygyny among the, p. 435;

monogamous as a rule, p. 438;

divorce among the, p. 527 n. 1.

Lob-nor, Lake-dwellers of, unchastity punished by the, p. 63;

marry early, p. 139.

Locustidæ, colours of the, p. 247.

London, marriages between first cousins in, p. 346.

Loucheux Indians. See Kutchin.

Louisiade Archipelago, want of modesty among the people of the,

p. 188.

Love, analysis of, p. 456;

affectionate, ch. xvi., p. 546;

depending on sympathy, ch. xvi.;

influencing the form of marriage, pp. 502, 503, 548;

influencing the duration of marriage, pp. 533, 534, 536.

Love-bird, pp. 502 _sq._

Loyalty Islands. See Lifuans, Maréan language, Uea.

Lubbock, Sir John, on the progress of mankind, p. 5;

on the importance of the tribe among savage men, p. 50;

on the promiscuity of primitive man, pp. 51 _sq._;

evidence for early promiscuity adduced by, pp. 52-61, 72-81;

on expiation for individual marriage, pp. 72, 73, 76, 78 n. 3;

on the estimation of courtesans, pp. 80 _sq._;

on names for father and mother, p. 85 n. 4;

on the roots ‘pa’ and ‘ma,’ p. 88;

on marriage by purchase, p. 145;

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

on the origin of exogamy, p. 316;

on savage observation of the injurious results of consanguineous

marriage, p. 318 n. 1;

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

Lubus (Sumatra), alleged absence of marriage among the, pp. 54 _sq._;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 58.

Lucas, P., on love excited by contrasts, p. 354, _ib._ n. 5.

‘Lucky days’ for marriage, p. 424 n. 1.

Lukungu, female dress in, p. 191.

Lukunor, tattooing of men in, p. 178;

ideas of modesty in, p. 211.

Luther, Martin, on marriage as a civil act, p. 428;

on polygyny, p. 434.

Lydians, women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 221.

Lyø, consanguineous marriages in, p. 344.

M

Maabar (Coromandel Coast), ideal of beauty in, p. 264.

Ma Bung (Timannee country), excess of women in, p. 464.

Macas (Ecuador), property hereditary in the male line among the,

p. 99;

marriage by capture and by purchase among the, p. 383.

Macassars (Celebes), prohibited degrees among the, p. 302;

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

divorce among the, p. 527 n. 1.

Macatecas, religious ceremonies among the, p. 422.

Machacaris, covering used by the, pp. 189 _sq._

McLennan, Mr. J. F. , on early history, p. 2;

on the Levirate, pp. 3, 510, 512-514;

on the promiscuity of primitive man, p. 51;

on ‘kinship through females only,’ pp. 96, 97, 105;

on Sir John Lubbock’s theory of expiation for individual marriage,

pp. 72, 73, 76;

on the estimation of courtesans, p. 81;

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

on polyandry, pp. 132, 510, 512-514;

on the origin of exogamy, pp. 311, 314;

on Sir John Lubbock’s hypothesis as to the origin of individual

marriage, p. 316;

on the origin of marriage by capture, p. 388.

Macusís, their term for father and paternal uncle, p. 87;

speedy remarriage of widowers and widows prohibited among the,

p. 129 n. 6;

female dress among the, p. 190;

early betrothals among the, p. 213 n. 6;

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

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

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

Madagascar, state of morality in, pp. 68 _sq._;

supplying guests with wives in, p. 74;

systems of kinship in, p. 103;

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

cicatrices made in the skin by some tribes of, p. 169;

circumcision in, pp. 202, 203, 204 n. 2;

female appreciation of manly strength and courage in, p. 255;

incest in, p. 293;

prohibited degrees in, p. 308;

consanguineous marriages in, p. 348;

infertility of the women in, _ib._;

desire for offspring in, p. 377;

marriage portion in, p. 414 n. 4;

polygyny in, pp. 447, 500;

excess of women in, p. 465;

Levirate in, pp. 511 n., 514, _ib._ n.;

divorce in, p. 526.

See Bétsiléo, Hovas, Iboína, Sàkalàva, Tanàla.

Mádi, pregnancy must be followed by marriage among the, p. 23;

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

Magians, divorce among the, p. 520.

Magyars, race-prejudice among the, p. 364.

Mahaga language (Ysabel), term for father in the, p. 86.

Mahlemuts, prohibited degrees among the, p. 297;

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

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

Maine, Sir Henry, on paternity and maternity, p. 105;

his argument against the hypothesis of promiscuity, p. 115;

on the _patria potestas_ of the primitive Aryans, p. 230;

on savage observation of the injurious results of consanguineous

marriage, p. 318;

on endogamy in civilized society, p. 373.

Maize, varieties of, p. 288.

Makalaka, breaking out teeth among some of the, pp. 167, 174;

tattooing of young girls among the, p. 178.

Makin (Kingsmill Islands), celibacy caused by polygyny in, p. 144;

quarrels for women in, p. 161;

excess of women in, p. 462.

Makololo, their ideal of female beauty, p. 259;

polygyny among the, p. 495.

Makonde, obligatory continence among the, p. 484.

Malabar, _jus primae noctis_ in, pp. 77, 80;

polyandry in, p. 474.

See Nairs, Teeyer.

Malay Archipelago, state of, morality in the, p. 63;

kinship through males in the, p. 100;

kinship through females only, in the, p. 102;

jealousy of the men in the, p. 120;

virginity required from the bride in the, p. 123;

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

filing and blackening the teeth in the, pp. 166, 167, 174;

women’s liberty of choice in the, pp. 218 _sq._;

incest in the, pp. 290 _sq._;

prohibited degrees in the, p. 302;

preference given to strangers in the, p. 323;

class-endogamy in the, p. 371;

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

marriage by capture in the, p. 385;

return gift in the, p. 409;

marriage ceremony in the, p. 419;

unlucky days for marriage in the, p. 424 n. 1;

polygyny in the, pp. 440, 444;

Levirate in the, p. 511 n.;

divorce in the, pp. 518, 522, 523, 527.

Malayan family, system of, nomenclature among the, pp. 82-84.

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

privileges of the rajahs among many, p. 79;

marry early, p. 139;

difficulty in supporting a family unknown among the, p. 147;

circumcision among the, p. 203;

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

their ideal of beauty, p. 264;

mongrels among the, pp. 283, 287;

large households of the, p. 325;

polygyny among the, p. 448 n. 2;

obligatory continence among the, p. 483 n. 2;

divorce among the, pp. 530, 532 n. 3, 534 n. 4.

Malays, Mohammedan, polygyny among the, p. 535;

divorce among the, _ib._

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

divorce among the, p. 519.

Mallicollo (New Hebrides), indecent dress of women in, p. 194.

Malwa, excess of women in, p. 463.

Mammals, parental care among, pp. 12, 21;

pairing seasons of, pp. 25-28;

courtship among, p. 163;

sexual odours and sounds of, pp. 241, 246-250;

colours of, p. 245;

‘ornaments’ of certain male, pp. 250 _sq._;

hybridism among, p. 278;

absorbing passion for one, among certain domesticated, p. 502;

duration of the relation between the sexes among, p. 517.

Man, primitive, pairing season of, pp. 28, 35;

marriage with, pp. 39, 537;

fighting for females with, p. 159;

courtship of, p. 163;

women’s liberty of choice with, pp. 222, 542;

sexual selection with, p. 253;

homogeneous, p. 272;

infanticide probably unknown with, p. 313;

consanguineous marriage with, pp. 352 _sq._;

conjugal affection with, p. 360;

monogamy of, pp. 508, 549;

duration of marriage with, p. 535.

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

Manchus, their ideal of beauty, p. 258.

Mandans, female virtue among the, pp. 65 _sq._;

remarriage of widows prohibited for a certain period among the,

p. 129;

marry early, p. 137;

large households of the, p. 324;

polygyny among the, pp. 441 n. 4, 500 n. 2;

their women get old early, p. 486.

Mandingoes, virginity required from the bride among the, p. 123 n. 8;

celibacy scarcely known among the, p. 135;

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

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 393, 402 n. 1;

morning giftamong the, p. 410 n. 3;

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

Mangoni country, marriage by purchase in the, p. 393.

Manipuris, their women get old early, p. 486;

divorce among the, p. 531.

Manta (Peru), _jus primae noctis_ in, pp. 72 _sq._

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

on love excited by contrasts, p. 354;

on the compound character of love, p. 356.

Mantras, monogamous, p. 436 n. 12;

divorce among the, pp. 519, 524 n. 5, 533.

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

privileges of their chiefs, p. 79;

their system of nomenclature, p. 83;

rule of succession, &c., among the, pp. 100 _sq._;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 119;

marry early, p. 139;

struggle for women among the, p. 161;

tattooing among the, pp. 168, 177 n. 14, 178, _ib._ n. 5, 180 _sq._;

curious usage among the, p. 205;

early betrothals among the, p. 214;

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

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

women more particular in their choice than men among the, p. 253;

unions with European women rare among the, p. 254;

their ideal of beauty, p. 263;

fashion among the, p. 274;

consanguineous marriage among the, pp. 296, 327;

endogamy of the, pp. 327, 348, 367, 481;

their villages, p. 327;

decrease of the, p. 348;

marriage by capture among the, p. 385;

compensation for capture among the, p. 401;

polygyny among the, pp. 440, 441, 444;

excess of men among the, pp. 462, 481;

obligatory continence among the, p. 483 n. 5;

their women get old early, p. 486;

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

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

divorce exceptional among the, p. 522.

Marauás, live in separate families or small hordes, p. 46;

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

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

Marea, punishment for pregnancy out of wedlock and seduction among

the, p. 62;

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

class-endogamy among the, p. 371;

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

marriage portion among the, p. 411;

monogamous as a rule, p. 439;

polygyny among the, p. 450 n.;

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

divorce among the, p. 526 n. 7.

Maréan language (Loyalty Islands), terms for father in the, p. 86.

Marianne Group, proof of manhood requisite for marriage in the, p. 18;

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

class-endogamy in the, p. 371;

polygyny in the, p. 444 n. 4;

divorce in the, pp. 527, 531, 533, n. 4, 534 n. 4.

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

Marquesas Islanders, widows forbidden to remarry among the, p. 127;

celibacy of priests among the, p. 152;

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

monogamous, p. 437.

See Nukahivans, Waitahoo.

Marriage, definition of the word, pp. 19, 20, 537;

origin of, ch. 1., p. 537;

antiquity of human, ch. iii., pp. 537 _sq._;

age for, ch. vii., p. 541;

notions of impurity attached to, pp. 151-156, 541;

between kindred, ch. xiv. _sq._, pp. 3, 480-482, 544-546, 548;

between relatives by alliance, pp. 309, 310, 331;

by capture, ch. xvii., pp. 223, 546;

by purchase, ch. xvii., pp. 143-145, 493, 504, 532, 535, 546, 548;

by exchange, p. 390;

on credit, p. 394;

decay of, by purchase, ch. xviii., pp. 546 _sq._;

validity of, pp. 429 _sq_.

—— ceremonies and rites, ch. xix.

—— portion, ch. xviii., pp. 531, 534, 535, 547.

Martineau, Dr. J., on personal beauty, p. 261 n. 3.

Marutse, royal privileges among the, p. 78;

their admiration for blue beads, p. 168;

early betrothals among the, pp. 213 _sq._;

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

Masai, nakedness of men among the, p. 189;

marriage portion among the, p. 415 n. 2;

polygyny among the, pp. 438, 450 n.;

divorce among the, p. 527 n. 1.

Masarwas, nose-ornament among the, pp. 173 _sq._

Mashukulumbe, nakedness of the, p. 189.

Massachusetts, periodical fluctuation in the number of births in,

p. 32.

Massagetæ, looseness of the marriage tie among the, pp. 52, 55;

polyandry among the, pp. 454, 457, 458, 472 n. 3, 504 n. 3;

excess of men among the, p. 464;

obligatory continence among the, p. 483 n. 2.

Mathew, Rev. J., on instinctive hankering after foreign women,

p. 321 n.

Matongas, their custom of breaking out teeth, pp. 167, 174.

Matriarchal theory, pp. 39-41, 96-113, 538-540.

Matto Grosso. See Cahyapos.

Mauhés, live scattered in families, p. 46.

Maupiti (Society Islands), excess of men in, pp. 462, 466 n. 1;

female infanticide in, p. 466 n. 1.

Mauritius, marriage restriction for Englishmen in, p. 365.

Mayas, their desire for offspring, p. 377;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 424;

concubinage among the, p. 443;

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3.

Mayer, Dr. J. R. , on acclimatization, pp. 269 _sq._

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

excess of men among the, p. 461.

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

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

Means of attraction, ch. ix., p. 541.

Mecca, marriage with a half-sister at, p. 295.

Mech, compensation for capture among the, p. 401;

monogamous, p. 436.

Medians, polygyny among the, pp. 432 _sq._;

polyandry among the, p. 454.

Melanesians, paternal authority among the, p. 41;

terms of address among the, p. 56 n. 5;

female chastity among the, p. 64;

widows killed among the, p. 125;

tattooing of women among the, p. 184;

position of women among the, _ib._;

circumcision among the, p. 202;

exogamy among the, p. 301;

horror of sexual intercourse within the exogamous limits among

the, p. 317;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 399.

Merovingian kings, polygyny of the, p. 434.

Mesopotamia, excess of female births in, p. 467.

Mewar. See Rajputs.

Mexicans, ancient, succession through males among the, p. 98;

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

married early, p. 139;

celibacy among the, pp. 139, 152;

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

chastity of religious women among the, pp. 152 _sq._;

duels for women among the, p. 160;

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

paternal authority and filial duties among the, pp. 225 _sq._;

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

their ideal of beauty, p. 262;

prohibition of consanguineous marriage among the, p. 298;

marriage portion among the, p. 414;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 424;

omens among the, _ib._ n. 1;

concubinage among the, pp. 431, 443;

obligatory continence among the, p. 483 n. 2;

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3;

divorce among the, pp. 524, 528.

See Tahus, Tlascala.

Mexico, mongrels in, p. 282;

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

See Macatecas, Schawill.

——, Central, wild tribes of, their women marry early, p. 137.

See Chichimecs.

Miao (China), marriage between cousins among the, pp. 296 _sq._

Micmacs, their system of nomenclature, pp. 83 _sq._

Micronesians, system of nomenclature among several, p. 83;

celibacy of the poorer class and slaves among the, p. 144;

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

Middle Ages, _jus primae noctis_ in Europe during the, pp. 77 _sq._;

class distinction in the, pp. 369 _sq._;

want of international sympathy in the, p. 374;

polygyny in the, p. 434.

Mikris, monogamous, p. 436.

Milanowes (Borneo). See Rejang.

Minahassers (Celebes), women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 219;

incest among the, p. 291 n.;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 302;

endogamy of the, p. 367;

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

formerly monogamous, p. 437;

position of their women, p. 501.

Minas (Slave Coast), shutting up of widows among the, p. 126.

Minnetarees, polygyny among the, p. 500 n. 2.

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

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

Mirikina, seems to live in pairs, p. 12.

Miris, liberty of choice among the, p. 219 n. 9;

polyandry among the, pp. 452, 455, 504 n. 1;

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

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

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

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

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

return gift among the, p. 409;

marriage portion among the, p. 410;

inheriting widows among the, p. 513.

——, Chalikata, no marriage ceremony among the, p. 418.

Mitchell, Dr. A., on the effects of close interbreeding and

consanguineous marriage, pp. 337, 345 _sq._

Mitchell’s Group (Ellice Islands), infanticide unknown in the, p. 312.

Miwok (California), nakedness of the, in former days, p. 187;

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

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3.

Mixed marriages, pp. 374-376.

Moa, divorce in, p. 523 n. 9.

Modesty, ch. ix., p. 541.

Modok (California), polygyny among the, pp. 492, 495.

Mohammedans, paternal duties among the, p. 17;

use of veil among women of the, p. 120 n. 9;

jealousy of the men among the, pp. 120 _sq._;

consider marriage a duty, p. 140;

circumcision among the, pp. 201 _sq._;

paternal authority among the, pp. 235 _sq._;

liberty of choice among the, _ib._;

marriage between cousins among the, pp. 296, 534;

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

views on consanguineous marriage among the, p. 351;

religious endogamy among the, p. 374;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 395;

decay of marriage by purchase among the, pp. 404, 408;

marriage portion among the, pp. 408, 413-415, 534 n. 5;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 425;

polygyny among the, pp. 432, 445, 446, 448, 496, 498;

monogamous as a rule, p. 439;

divorce among the, pp. 519, 525, 533, 534 n. 5;

seclusion of the sexes among the, p. 534.

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

Monbuttu, circumcision among the, p. 202;

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

excess of female births among the, p. 468.

Moncalon (Australia), kinship through males among the, p. 101.

Mongols, marry early, p. 138;

mongrels among the, p. 283;

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

omens among the, p. 423;

concubinage among the, p. 445;

excess of men among the, pp. 463 _sq._;

divorce among the, p. 527 n. 1.

——, Chalcha, their term for mother, p. 86.

Monogamous instinct, pp. 502, 503, 548.

Monogamy, ch. xx.-xxii., pp. 2, 534, 535, 547-549.

Montesquieu, on the prohibition of marriage between cousins, p. 326;

on an excess of female births in the hot regions of the Old World,

p. 469.

Moors, colour of the skin of the, p. 272.

—— of Ceylon, marriage between cousins among the, p. 296.

—— of Morocco, excess of female births among the, p. 468.

—— of the Sahara, female jealousy among the, p. 499 n. 6;

divorce among the, p. 520.

—— in the region of the Senegal, divorce among the, p. 530.

—— of the Western Sahara, monogamous, pp. 436, 501, 535;

authority of their women, pp. 501 _sq._;

divorce among the, p. 535.

See Trarsa.

Moquis, jealousy of the men among the, p. 119;

courtship by women among the, p. 158;

exogamy among the, p. 298;

monogamous, p. 435.

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

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

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

Moreton Island, dress of the girls in, p. 196.

Morgan, Mr. L. H. , on the evolution of marriage and the family, p. 3;

on the promiscuity of primitive man, pp. 51, 85;

on systems of relationship, pp. 82, 84, 89, 539;

on ‘marriage in a group,’ pp. 84, 539;

on the ‘consanguine family’ p. 85;

on the ‘Punaluan family,’

_ib._ n. 2;

on the origin of the prohibition of marriage between kindred,

p. 318;

on endogamy and incest among primitive men, p. 353 n. 1;

on polygyny, p. 506.

Mormons, polygyny among the, pp. 434, 448 _sq._;

excess of female births among the, p. 470.

Morning gift, pp. 406-408, 410, 546 _sq._

Morocco, lucky period for marriage in, p. 424 n. 1;

excess of women in, pp. 464, 465 n. 4;

divorce in, p. 520;

divorced women in, p. 533.

See Arabs, Berbs, Moors.

Mortality, of men, pp. 465, 466, 547;

of women, pp. 466, 547;

of children among savages, p. 491.

Moseley, Prof. H. N. , on savage dress, p. 186.

Mosquitoes, a widow’s duties among the, pp. 126 _sq._;

celibacy of priests

among the, p. 152;

ceremony of capture among the, p. 383;

polygyny among the, pp. 441 n. 4, 443 _sq._;

obligatory continence among the, p. 483 n. 5;

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3.

Moths, nocturnal, colours of, p. 244.

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

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

Mpongwé, their ideal of female beauty, p. 259;

aversion to consanguineous marriage among the, p. 306.

Mrús, (Chittagong Hills), wives obtained by service among the,

p. 391 n.;

monogamous, pp. 436, 507;

Levirate among the, p. 511 n.;

divorce among the, p. 532 n. 2.

Muásís, consider it a father’s duty to find a bridegroom for his

daughter, p. 136;

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

liberty of choice among the, p. 219 n. 9.

Mucúra, Indians at, women ashamed to cover themselves, among the,

p. 195.

Mueller, Prof. F. Max, on the derivation of ‘pitár’ and ‘mâtár,’

p. 88;

on the system of kinship among the primitive Aryans, p. 104.

Mulattoes, fertility of, pp. 283, 284, 287;

excess of female births among, p. 477.

Mundas. See Kols.

Mundrucûs, their tattooing, p. 169;

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

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

exogamy among the, p. 299;

polygyny among the, pp. 443 _sq._;

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

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

Munich, illegitimate births in, p. 69.

Múuras, combats for women among the, p. 160;

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

Murray, natives of the Lower, female dress among the, p. 190;

mongrels among the, p. 285.

_Muscardinus avellanarius._ See Dormouse.

Muscovy, marriage by capture in, p. 387.

Musk-deer, pairing season of the, p. 26 n.;

sexual odour of the, p. 248.

Musk-duck, Australian, sexual odour of the, pp. 248 _sq._

Musk-ox, pairing season of the, p.26 n.

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

Mutsa (Indo-China), polygyny among the, p. 488.

_Mycetes caraya_, lives in families, p. 12.

Mygge, Dr. J., on the effects of consanguineous marriage,

pp. 342, 343, 345.

Mykonos (Cyclades), weddings in, p. 418.

N

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

rule of inheritance among the, p. 101;

prohibition of consanguineous marriage among the, p. 303;

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

——, Tankhul, ring worn by the men among the, p. 201.

Nagas, of Upper Assam, possession of human heads requisite for

marriage among the, p. 18;

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

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

wives obtained by service among the, p. 390 n. 7;

monogamous p. 436.

Nagel, E., on the excess of male births among Jews, p. 481 n. 4.

Naiabui (New Guinea), marriage by purchase in, p. 402 n. 1;

excess of women in, p. 462;

polygyny in, p. 494.

Naickers, omens among the, p. 424 n. 1.

See Reddies.

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

group marriage among the, pp. 53, 57;

polyandry among the, pp. 116, 117, 452, 453, 455, 474;

prohibition of marriage among the, p. 325;

large households of the, _ib._

Nakedness, ch. ix.

Namaquas, denomination of children among the, p. 103.

See Hottentots.

Names, pp. 107-112, 330, 331, 540, 545.

Nanusa, prohibition of marriage in, p. 325;

large households in, _ib._

Narrinyeri, kinship through males, among the, p. 101;

dress of young women among the, p. 197;

the women’s consent to marriage desirable among the, p. 217;

mongrels among the, p. 287;

love among the, p. 359;

marriage ceremony among the, pp. 420 _sq._;

polygyny among the, pp. 444, 498;

female jealousy among the, p. 498.

Nasamonians, _jus primae noctis_ among the, p. 72.

Natchez, divorce among the, p. 527 n. 1.

Naudowessies, their ideas of generation, pp. 105 _sq._;

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

their custom of painting the face, p. 168;

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

polygyny among the, p. 500 n. 2;

divorce rare among the, p. 521.

See Dacotahs.

Navajos, endogamy of the, p. 365;

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 392 _sq._;

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

divorce among the, p. 527.

Neapolis (Palestine), Council of punishment for adultery decreed

by the, p. 122.

Negro slaves in America, infertility of, p. 115.

Negroes, alleged community of women among certain, pp. 55, 59;

lending wives among the, p. 75;

kinship through females among the, p. 108;

prostitution of wives among the, p. 131;

their ideal of beauty, pp. 262, 282;

change of colour of, p. 270;

colour of children among, p. 273 n. 2;

their desire for offspring, p. 377;

bargain about women among certain, p. 402;

no marriage portion among the, p. 414 n. 5;

polygyny among the, pp. 446, 448;

obligatory continence among the, p. 483 nn. 1 _sq._;

love among, p. 503;

marriage upon trial among many, p. 520;

divorce among the, pp. 523, 524, 534 n. 4.

——-, Inland, ceremony of capture among certain, p. 384.

_Neotragus Hemprichii_, marriage and paternal care of the, p. 12.

Nepaul, inhabitants of, their punishment for adultery, p. 122 n. 4.

Nestorians of Syria, p. 364.

Netherlands, number of people who die single in the, p. 146.

See Belgium, Holland.

Neuroptera, colours of certain, p. 247.

New Britain, the husband’s duties in, p. 16;

celibacy due to poverty in, p. 144;

blackening the teeth in, p. 174;

nakedness of men in, p. 188 n. 9;

early betrothals in, p. 214 n. 8;

women’s liberty of choice in, p. 218;

prohibited degrees in, pp. 295 n. 9;

exogamy in, p. 301;

endogamy in, p. 367;

wives obtained by service in, p. 391 n. 1;

marriage by purchase in, p. 399 n. 7;

Levirate in, p. 510 n. 3.

New Caledonians, terms for relationships among the, p. 87;

kinship through males among the, p. 100;

jealously of the men among the, p. 119;

their punishment for adultery, p. 121 n. 4;

covering used by the, p. 191;

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

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

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

love among the, p. 358;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 399 n. 7;

polyandry among the, p. 451;

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3.

See Duauru language.

New Guinea, female chastity in, p. 64;

kinship through males in, p. 100;

punishment for adultery in, pp. 121 _sq._;

virginity required from the bride in, p. 123;

continence required from newly married people in, p. 151;

filing the teeth in, p. 167;

tattooing in, pp. 172, 179;

wives deprived of their ornaments in, p. 176 n.;

nakedness of men in parts of, and on neighbouring islands,

p. 188, _ib._ n. 9;

covering of men in, p. 191 n. 4;

early betrothals in, p. 214;

infanticide unknown in parts of, p. 312;

endogamy in, p. 367;

marriage by capture in, p. 385;

marriage on credit in, p. 394 n. 8;

marriage by purchase in, p. 399 n. 7;

compensation for capture in, p. 401;

polygyny in, pp. 441 n. 3, 492;

Levirate in, p. 510 n. 3;

rule of inheritance in, p. 512 n. 3;

juridical fatherhood in, p. 514;

separation not allowed in parts of, p. 517;

divorce in, pp. 522, 527, 533 n. 1.

See Dorey, Finschhafen, Humboldt Bay, Naiabui, Nufoor Papuans,

Orangerie Bay, Outanatas, Papuans, Port Moresby, Tassai, Wukas.

New Hanover, men more ornamented than women in, pp. 183 _sq._;

position of women in, p. 184;

polygyny exceptional in, p. 441 n. 3;

authority of women in, p. 501.

New Hebrides, strangulation of wives whose husbands are long

absent from home in the, p. 126;

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

covering of men in the, p. 191 n. 3;

horror of incest in the, p. 321;

marriage by purchase in the, p. 399 n. 7;

polygyny in the, pp. 438, 494;

Levirate in the, p. 511 n. 3.

See Aneiteum, Efatese, Mallicollo, Tana.

New Ireland, men more ornamented than women in, p. 183;

nakedness of women in, p. 193 n. 4;

polygyny exceptional in, p. 441 n. 3.

New Norcia, mongrels at, p. 285.

New South Wales, aborigines of, seclusion of the sexes among the,

p. 64;

_jus primae noctis_ among the, p. 75;

a girl disposed of by her maternal uncle among certain, p. 106;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 130;

lending wives among the, _ib._;

marry early, p. 139.

New Spain, excess of male births in some communities of, p. 466.

New Zealanders. See Maoris.

Newhaven, consanguineous marriage avoided in, pp. 344 _sq._

Nez Percés, chastity of women among the, p. 66;

validity of marriage among the, p. 430;

excess of women among the, p. 461.

See Walla Wallas.

Niam-Niam, conjugal affection among the, p. 358;

do not buy their wives, p 398.

Niasians, punishment for pregnancy out of wedlock and seduction

among the, p. 63;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 120 n. 2;

exogamy among the, p. 302;

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

Nicaragua, surnames of children in, p. 107;

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

Nicaraguans, ancient, _jus primae noctis_ among the, p. 76;

succession through males among the, p. 98;

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

their custom of flattening the children’s heads, p. 170;

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

women’s liberty of choice in some of their towns, _ib._;

religious marriage ceremony among the, pp. 424 _sq._;

civil marriage among the, p. 429;

bigamy punished among the, p. 443;

monogamous, pp. 500 _sq._;

authority of their women, _ib._;

myths of the, p. 508 n. 1;

divorce among the p. 524.

Nicobarese, blacken the teeth, p. 174;

monogamous, p. 436.

Nile countries, preservation of the chastity of wives in the, p. 120.

Nishinam (California), horror of incest among the, p. 292;

myths of the, p. 508 n. 1.

Nitendi. See Santa Cruz Island.

Niutabutabu (Tonga Islands), semi-castration of boys in, p. 205.

‘Niyoga’ of the Hindus, p. 514 n.

Nogai, local exogamy among the, p. 323.

Noirot, on the causes which determine the sex of the offspring,

p. 469.

North America, mixture of race in, p. 282;

excess of females among half-breed children in, pp. 476 _sq._

North American Indians, husband’s duties among the, p. 15;

chastity of women among certain, p. 66;

temporary exchange of wives among the, p. 75;

terms of address among the, p. 92;

kinship through males among the, pp. 98, 104 n. 6;

the husband goes to live with the wife’s family among several

tribes of the, p. 109;

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

a widow’s duties among certain, p. 130;

men brought up like women among the, p. 134 n. 2;

women’s opinions about celibacy among the, p. 135;

most of the north-western tribes of the, marry early, p. 137;

enlargement of the ear-lobes among certain, p. 166;

lip-ornaments among certain, pp. 166, 173;

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

want of modesty among certain, p. 187;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 215;

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

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

their ideal of beauty, p. 263;

large households of the, p. 324;

love among the, pp. 357, 358, 359, 503;

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

no marriage portion among the, p. 414 n. 5;

polygyny among the, pp. 435, 448, 449, 482, 500, 507;

excess of women among the, pp. 460, 461, 465, 482;

do not use milk, p. 484 n. 5;

their desire for numerous offspring, p. 489;

their women not prolific, pp. 490 _sq._;

female jealousy among the, pp. 496 _sq._;

divorce among the, pp. 518, 530, 533 n. 4.

Northern Indians, seclusion of the sexes among the, p. 65;

wrestling for women among the, pp. 159 _sq._;

hair-dress of men among the, p. 167;

obligatory continence among the, p. 483;

their women not prolific, p. 490 n. 8;

jealousy among the, pp. 496 _sq._;

polygyny among the, p. 500 n. 2.

See Chippewyans.

Norway, consanguineous marriages in, p. 343;

traces of marriage by purchase in, p. 396;

civil marriage in, p. 428;

births in, p. 469;

divorce in, p. 526.

Norwegians, seldom marry Lapps, p. 365.

Nott, Dr. J. C. , on the intermixture of races, p. 283.

Nufi people, their weddings, p. 418.

Nufoor Papuans (New Guinea), marriage arranged by the parents

among the, p. 224 n. 2;

Levirate among the, p. 511 n. 3.

Nukahivans (Marquesas Islands), _jus primae noctis_ among the, p.73;

polyandry among the, pp. 116, 451, 457, 472 n. 3;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 119;

prostitution of wives among the, p. 131;

tattooing of the young people among the, p. 177 n. 12;

nakedness of men among the, p. 188 n. 9;

curious usage among the, p. 205 n. 3;

their ideas of modesty, pp. 208, 211;

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

incest among the, p. 291;

nobility among the, p. 369 n. 4;

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

marriage by purchase among the, p. 399;

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

illegitimacy unknown among the, p. 429;

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

excess of men among the, p. 462;

divorce among the, p. 533 n. 1.

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

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 215;

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

excess of men among the, p. 460;

divorce among the, p. 531 n. 4.

See Ahts.

Nyassa, tribes near, licentious festival among some, p. 30.

_Nyctipithecus trivirgatus._ See Mirikina.

O

Odours, of flowers, p. 246;

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

Offspring, man’s desire for, pp. 376-381, 488-491, 530, 548.

Olo Ot (Borneo), alleged absence of marriage among the,

pp. 54, 55, 58;

marriage among the, p. 58.

Omahas, hair-dress of the, pp. 170, _sq._

Oonalashka. See Aleuts.

Orang-Banûwa (Malacca), prohibited degrees among the, p. 302;

marriage ceremony among the, p. 420.

Orangerie Bay (New Guinea), tattooing of women at, p. 183;

men more ornamented than women at, _ib._;

painting of men at, _ib._

Orang-Sakai (Malacca), alleged absence of marriage among the,

pp. 54 _sq._;

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

marriage ceremony among the, p. 420.

Orang-utans, marriage and paternal care among, p. 13;

their long period of infancy, p. 21 n. 5;

the cause of their defective family life, p. 22;

their pairing season, p. 27;

duration of their marriage, p. 535.

Oráons, unrestrained sexual intercourse, but no promiscuity among

the, p. 71;

desire for self-decoration among the young, p. 173;

decorations among the, p. 198 n. 1;

liberty of choice among the, p. 219 n. 9;

marriage ostensibly arranged by the parents among the, p. 224 n. 7;

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

Oregon, Indians of, speedy remarriage of widowers and widows

prohibited among the, p. 129 n. 6;

courtship by women among certain, p. 159;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 297;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 392;

return gift among the, p. 409;

bigamy among the, p. 450;

polygyny among the, pp. 450, 500 n. 3.

See Nez Percés.

——, Indians of the interior of, woman’s liberty of choice among

the, p. 215 n. 6.

——, Indians, of North-Western, polygyny among the, pp. 443 n. 5, 449;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n.;

love among the, p. 503;

Levirate among the, pp. 510 n. 3, 511 n. 2.

Origen, on celibacy, p. 154.

Orinoco, Indians on the, ashamed to cover themselves, p. 195;

circumcision among the, p. 202;

polygyny among the, p. 496 n. 1.

Orkney, period for marriage in, p. 424 n. 1.

Ornaments, savage predilection for, ch. ix., p. 541.

‘Ornaments,’ animal, ch. xi.

Orongo-antelope, pairing season of the, p. 26 n.

Orthoptera, colours of the, p. 245;

sexual sounds of certain, pp. 246 _sq._

Ossetes, influence of surnames among the, p. 111;

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

prohibited degrees among the, p. 296;

exogamy among the, p. 306;

clannish feeling among the, pp. 330 _sq._;

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

polyandry among the, p. 454;

Levirate among the, pp. 511 n., 513 n. 8;

divorce among the, pp. 521 n. 9, 532 n. 3.

Ostriches, paternal care among, p. 11 n. 1.

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

marriage with a half-sister among the, p. 294;

exogamy among the, p. 306;

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

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 393, 394, 402 n. 1;

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

polyandry among the, p. 454;

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

Levirate among the, p. 511 n.

Oude. See Teehurs.

Oudeypour, Hindus of, festival of Holi among the, p. 33.

Outanatas (New Guinea), fashions among the, p. 274;

no marriage ceremony among the, p. 417.

Ovambo, their ideal of beauty, p. 263;

their women get old early, p. 487.

P

Pacific Islanders, alleged absence of marriage among the, p. 53;

marriage among the, p. 55;

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

systems of kinship among the, pp. 99-101;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 119;

tattooing among the, pp. 172, 177;

covering used by the, p. 190;

female dress among certain, p. 197;

curious usage among some, p. 205;

their ideal of beauty, p. 263;

fashions among the, p. 275;

mongrels among the, p. 283;

infanticide among the, pp. 312 _sq._;

polygyny exceptional among the, p. 441;

their women get old early, p. 486.

Pádams, endogamy of the, p. 366;

do not buy their wives, p. 397;

monogamous, pp. 436, 501;

position of their women, p. 501;

social equality among the, p. 506.

See Abors.

Padang (Sumatra), Malays of, exogamy among the, p. 302.

Pahárias, property hereditary in the male line among the, p. 101;

love among the, p. 503;

Levirate among the, p. 511 n.

Painting the body, ch. ix., pp. 264, 541.

Pairing season, ch. ii., p. 537.

Paiuches (Northern Colorado), nakedness of the, p. 187.

Palestine, excess of female births in, pp. 467 _sq._

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

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

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

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

Panches (Bogota), local exogamy among the, p. 321.

Panjab, excess of men in the, p. 463.

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

speedy remarriage of widows prohibited among certain, p. 129 n. 2;

nose-ornaments among the, p. 166;

coquetry of the young people among the, p. 201 n. 5.

Paraguay, Indians of, women more passionate than men among the,

p. 158;

women allowed to make proposals among the, _ib._;

nakedness of certain, p. 187;

endogamy of the, p. 363.

Paravilhana, polygyny permitted only to chiefs among the,

p. 437 n. 10.

Parental care, ch. i., p. 537.

Parkheyas, marriage ceremony among the, p. 420.

Passau (Peru), alleged community of women in, pp. 52, 59 n. 7.

Passés, combats for women among the, p. 160;

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

Patachos, covering used by the, pp. 189 _sq._

Patagonians, unchastity of their women due to foreign influence,

p. 67;

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

remarriage of widows prohibited for a certain period among the,

p. 129;

celibacy of wizards among the, p. 152;

painting of the, p. 181 n. 4;

early betrothals among the, p. 213;

women’s power of choice among the, p. 216 nn. 5, 9;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 393;

barter formerly unknown among the, p. 400;

return gift among the, p. 409;

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

religious ceremony among the, p. 422;

polygyny among the, pp. 441 n. 4, 493;

their women get old early, p. 486;

divorce exceptional among the, p. 522.

Paternal authority, ch. x., pp. 41, 542.

Paternal care and duties, ch. i., p. 537.

Paternal feeling, p. 536.

Patuah, polygyny among the, pp. 488 _sq._

Patwin (California), husband’s duties among the, p. 15;

duels for women among the, p. 160;

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

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

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

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

divorce among the, pp. 521 n. 9, 533 n. 4.

Peafowl, courtship by females among, p. 158 n. 2.

Pegulloburras (Australia), female dress on festive occasions among

the, p. 198.

Pelew Islanders, jealousy of the men among the, p. 119;

their perforation of the septum of the nose, p. 170;

blackening the teeth among the, p. 174;

their ideas of modesty, pp. 188 n. 8, 211;

exogamy among the, p. 301;

polygyny among the, pp. 332, 441 n. 3, 444 n. 4;

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 398 _sq._;

marriage portion among the, p. 410;

obligatory continence among the, p. 483 n. 2;

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

divorce among the, pp. 518, 527 n. 1.

Peling, mountaineers of, alleged absence of marriage among the,

pp. 54 _sq._

Pelli (Carolines), nakedness of men in, p. 188 n. 9.

Pennsylvania, Indians of, consider proof of manhood requisite for

marriage, p. 18.

Penrhyn Islanders, their want of modesty, p. 188.

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

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

See Bugis.

Périer, J. A.  N., on racial instincts, p. 281 n. 5;

on the effects of consanguineous marriage, p. 340.

Périgord, cave dwellers of, p. 400.

Persians, ancient, regarded marriage as a matter of course, p. 142;

celibacy of priestesses of the Sun among the, p. 153;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 232;

early betrothals among the, _ib._;

incest among the, pp. 291, 293, 294, 339;

their desire for offspring, p. 377 n. 10;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 425;

polygyny among the, pp. 433, 447, 448 n. 2;

monogamous as a rule, p. 442;

divorce among the, p. 520.

——, modern royal privileges among the, p. 79;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 121;

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

celibacy unknown among the, p. 140;

their women marry early, _ib._;

nose-ring worn by women among the, p. 186;

consanguineous marriages among the, p. 349;

mortality of children among the, pp. 349 _sq._;

love among the, p. 361;

their desire for offspring, p. 377;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 425 n. 6;

monogamous as a rule, p. 439;

polygyny among the, pp. 449 n. 5, 498;

“Sighe” wives among the, p. 519;

divorce among the, p. 530 n. 7.

Perth, mongrels at, p. 285.

Peru, endogamous communities in, p. 344.

——, Indians of, jealousy of the men among the, p. 119;

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

incest among the, p. 290 n. 3;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 299.

Peruvians, ancient, widows killed among the, p. 125;

remarriage of widows discouraged among the, p. 127;

marriage compulsory among the, p. 139;

age for marriage among the, _ib._;

celibacy of virgins dedicated to the Sun among the, p. 152;

boring the ears among the, p. 204;

paternal authority among the, p. 226;

parental consent necessary for marriage among the, _ib._;

incest among the, p. 294;

endogamy of the, p. 366;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 394;

civil marriage among the, pp. 428 _sq._;

concubinage among the, pp. 431, 437, 438, 443.

See Manta, Passau.

Peschel, Dr. O., on savage observation of the injurious results of

consanguineous marriage, p. 318;

on barter among early men, p. 400.

Philippine Islanders, chastity held in honour by some, p. 63;

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

degeneration of the, p. 348;

race-endogamy of the, p. 364;

polygyny among the, p. 444 n. 7.

See Aëtas, Bagobos, Bisayans, Catalanganes, Goddanes, Igorrotes,

Italones, Tagalas, Tinguianes.

Phoenicians. See Tyre.

Picts, polyandry among the, p. 454.

Pig, domestic, pairs twice a year, p. 38.

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

Pimpernel, varieties of the, pp. 288 _sq._

Pipa, or Toad of Surinam, parental care of the, p. 10.

Pipiles (San Salvador), prohibited degrees among the, p. 298.

Pitcairn Islanders, endogamy of the, pp. 343 _sq._;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 344.

Plants, male and female reproductive cells of, p. 157;

colours in, pp. 242 _sq._;

odours in, p. 246;

hybridism among, pp. 278 _sq._;

infertility from changed conditions among, p. 286;

dimorphic and trimorphic, p. 289;

cross- and self-fertilization among, pp. 335, 337-339, 345, 545;

excess of male flowers in self-fertilized, p. 476.

Platter, on the causes which determine the sex of the offspring,

p. 470.

Ploss, Dr. H. H. , on the causes which determine the sex of the

offspring, pp. 471 _sq._

Poggi Islanders, alleged absence of marriage among the, pp. 54 _sq._

Poland, proportion between the sexes at birth in, p. 469.

Poles, marriage arranged by the father among the, p. 234;

symbol of capture among the, p. 387;

marriage portion among the, p. 413.

Polyandry, ch. xx.-xxii., 3, 115-117, 547-549.

Polygyny, ch. xx.-xxii., pp. 3, 108, 144, 145, 332, 534, 535, 545,

547-549.

Polynesians, temporary exchange of wives among the, p. 75;

system of nomenclature among several, p. 83;

widows killed among the, p. 125;

courtship by women among the, p. 159;

tattooing of men among the, p. 184;

position of women among the, _ib._;

circumcision among the, p. 202;

ideas of modesty among the, p. 208;

infertility of women among, at missionary stations, p. 286;

incest among the, p. 293;

prohibition of consanguineous marriage among the, p. 300;

infanticide among the, pp. 313 _sq._;

nobility among the, p. 369;

class-endogamy of the, p. 371.

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

Pomo (California), civil marriage among the, p. 429.

Ponapé (Carolines), immodesty of women due to foreign influence

in, p. 67;

tattooing in, pp. 179, 201 n. 4;

semi-castration of boys in, p. 205;

curious usage in, p. 206;

love in, p. 357;

marriage by purchase does not exist in, p. 398;

polygyny in, p. 444 n. 4;

divorce in, p. 532.

Pondicherry, religious prostitution in, p. 72.

Porcupine, sexual sounds of the, p. 247.

Port Essington (Australia), natives of, covering used by the, p. 190.

Port des Français (Alaska), natives of, ideas of modesty among the,

pp. 207 _sq._

Port Jackson (New South Wales), natives of, scattered in families

in search of food, pp. 47 _sq._;

nakedness of women among the, p. 192;

dress of girls among the, p. 196.

Port Lincoln (Australia), natives of, alleged group-marriage among

the, pp. 54, 56, 57;

terms of address among the, _ib._;

the ‘terrible rite’ among the, p. 205.

Port Moresby (New Guinea), natives of, marry early, p. 139;

proportion between the sexes among the, pp. 462 _sq._

Portugal, civil marriage in, p. 428;

judicial separation in, pp. 526, 529.

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

Post, Dr. A. H. , on the development of marriage, pp. 2 _sq._;

on the promiscuity of primitive man, pp. 51, 61, 73 n. 5, 78 n. 3.

Pouchet, Dr. G., on the intermixture of races, pp. 283 _sq._;

on the effects of close interbreeding, p. 337.

Preyer, Prof. W., on the origin of names for father and mother,

pp. 86 _sq._;

on some effects of close interbreeding, pp. 336 _sq._

Prichard, Dr. J. C. , on the intermixture of races, p. 284.

Primates, marriage of the, pp. 21, 537;

monogamous instinct among the, p. 535.

Prolificness of women, less among savage than among civilized

nations, pp. 490 _sq._

Promiscuity, tales of, pp. 8 _sq._;

hypothesis of, ch. iv.-vi., pp. 2, 3, 538-540.

Prosimii of Madagascar, marriage and paternal care among some

species of the, p. 12.

Prostitution, pp. 67-71, 131, 539;

religious, pp. 72, 539.

Protestants, religious endogamy of, pp. 375 _sq._;

sacerdotal nuptials among, p. 428;

divorce among, p. 526.

Prussia, marriage between uncle and niece in, p. 296;

symbol of capture in, p. 387;

marriage portion in, p. 416;

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

divorce in, p. 526.

See Ermland, Posen.

Pshaves, position of the maternal uncle among the, p. 40.

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

endogamy of the, pp. 347, 365;

degeneration of the, p. 347;

their governors annually elected, p. 506.

Puncahs, excess of women among the, p. 461.

Punjas, licentious festival among the, p. 29.

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

—— at St. Fidelis, nakedness of the, p. 187.

Purupurús, nakedness of the, p. 187;

monogamous, p. 435 n. 11.

Q

Quadrumana, marriage and paternal care among the, pp. 12-14.

Quatrefages, Prof. A. de, on the fertility of mulattoes, p. 284.

Queen Charlotte Islanders. See Haidahs.

Queensland, natives of, want of paternal care among the, p. 16;

old men obtain the youngest wives among the, pp. 132 _sq._;

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

combats for women among certain, p. 161;

combats of women for men among certain, p. 164.

——, Mackay blacks of, their term for daughter, p. 93.

——, aborigines of Northern, an adulterer regarded as a thief among

the, p. 130 n. 3;

female appreciation of manly beauty among the, p. 257;

divorce among the, p. 518.

Quetelet, A., on differences in stature, p. 265.

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

Quissama (Angola), monogamous, p. 435;

excess of men among the, p. 464.

Quito, Indians of, consider want of chastity a merit in the bride,

p. 81;

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

R

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

Race, mixture of, produces an excess of female births, pp. 476-480.

Races, human, origin of the, pp. 271-276, 543;

intermixture of, pp. 281, 289, 543.

Radack, paternal care in, p. 16;

sexual modesty in, p. 152 n. 3;

ideas of modesty in, p. 211;

women’s liberty of choice in, p. 218.

Rajputs, exogamy among the, p. 303.

—— of Mewar, season of love among the, p. 33.

Ranke, Prof. J., on differences in stature, p. 265 n. 5;

on dwarfs and giants, p. 266 n. 2.

Rat, brown, in-and-in breeding of the, pp. 336, 345.

Rattlesnake, sexual sounds of the, p. 247.

Reclus, E., on acclimatization, p. 271 n. 4.

Reddies, inheritance through males among the, p. 112;

prohibited degrees among the, pp. 296, 304, 329;

terms for relationships among the, p. 329;

polyandry among the, pp. 453 _sq._;

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

See Naickers.

Reindeer, marriage and paternal care among, p. 12;

their pairing season in Norway, p. 26 n.;

their breeding season, p. 35.

Rejang tribe of the Milanowes in Borneo, monogamous, p. 437 n. 1.

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

elopements among the, p. 219;

fashions among the, p. 274 n. 4;

prohibited degrees among the, pp. 302, 330;

divorce among the, pp. 527 n. 1, 534 n. 4.

Relationship, terms for, pp. 82-96.

Religion, a bar to intermarriage, pp. 374-376, 546.

Religious ceremonies connected with marriage, pp. 421-428.

Reptiles, want of parental care among most of the, pp. 10, 21;

their pairing season, p. 25;

sexual odours and sounds of, pp. 241, 246-250;

colours of, pp. 245, 248;

‘ornaments’ of some male, pp. 250 _sq._

Return gift, pp. 405, 406, 409, 546.

Réunion, marriage restriction for Frenchmen in, p. 365.

Rio, Province of, excess of women in the, p. 478.

Rio Branco, circumcision among certain tribes in the, p. 202.

Ripuarii, decay of marriage by purchase among the, pp. 404, 407;

dower among the, p. 407.

Riverina (Australia), natives about, seclusion of the sexes among

the, pp. 64 _sq._;

_jus primae noctis_ among the, p. 75.

Rocky Mountain Indians, race-endogamy of the, p. 363 n. 5.

Rocky Mountains, Indians on the eastern side of the, jealousy of

the men among the, pp. 118 _sq._;

celibacy rare among the, p. 134;

their desire for offspring, p. 376;

separation seldom permanent among several, pp. 521 _sq._

Rodents, many, have no definite pairing season, p. 27.

Romans, ancient, husband’s duties among the, p. 17;

marriage with _manus_ among the, pp. 17, 529;

their festival in honour of Venus, p. 30;

their licentiousness in the time of Tacitus, p. 69;

kinship through males among the, p. 113;

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

regarded marriage as the end of life, p. 142;

tax imposed on unmarried men among the, _ib._;

increase of celibates among the, pp. 142 _sq._;

premium placed on marriage by the Gracchan agrarian laws among

the, p. 143;

penalties imposed on celibates by the _Lex Julia et Papia

Poppæa_, _ib._;

celibacy of vestals among the, p. 153;

_patria potestas_ of the, pp. 229 _sq._;

the house-father’s consent indispensable to marriage among the,

p. 230;

decline of the _patria potestas_ of the, p. 236;

prohibited degrees among the, pp. 308, 328;

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

incestuous unions among the, p. 320;

households of the, p. 328;

endogamy of the, pp. 365, 367 _sq._;

class-endogamy of the, p. 372;

their desire for offspring, p. 377;

ceremony of capture among the, p. 386;

marriage by capture among the, pp. 386 _sq._;

symbol of purchase among the, p. 397;

_confarreatio_ and _coemptio_ among the, p. 404;

_dos_ among the, pp. 412, 415, 416, 430;

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

religious marriage ceremonies among the, pp. 426 _sq._;

legitimacy of marriage among the, p. 430;

concubinage among the, P. 433;

divorce among the, pp. 520, 521, 523, 525, 529.

Rose chafers, bright hues of, p. 244.

Rotuma, widows prohibited to remarry in, p. 127.

Roumania, civil marriage in, p. 428;

excess of male births in, p. 469.

Ruk, divorce in, p. 518.

Russia, licentious festivals in, p. 30;

_jus primae noctis in_, p. 78;

privileges of landlords in, pp. 79 _sq._;

virginity required from the bride among several peoples of, p. 124;

celibacy unheard of among the peasantry of, p. 143;

early marriages in, pp. 143, 148;

age for marriage in, p. 146;

paternal authority in, p. 234;

marriage arranged by the father in, _ib._;

prohibited degrees in, p. 296;

local exogamy in parts of, p. 323;

mixed marriages in, p. 375;

ceremony of capture in, p. 387;

marriage by purchase in, p. 397 n. 6;

marriage ceremonies in, pp. 419, 421;

civil marriage in, p. 428;

polygyny in, pp. 434, 447;

polyandry among the peasantry of, p. 454;

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

Russian, terms of address in, p. 91;

terms for father’s father’s brother and father’s father’s sister

in, p. 96.

Russians, mongrels among the, p. 283;

marriages with Lapps almost unknown among the, p. 365.

S

Sachs, Prof. J., on the male and female reproductive cells of plants,

p. 157.

Sadler, M. T. , on the causes which determine the sex of the

offspring, p. 469.

Sahara. See Arabs, Moors.

St. Augustine, on celibacy, p. 154;

on polygyny, p. 434.

St. Jerome, on celibacy, p. 155.

St. Lawrence, Indians of the river, the eldest son named after the

father among the, p. 98.

St. Mary, Island of. See Jolah.

St. Paul, on celibacy, p. 154.

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin, on love excited by contrasts, pp. 353 _sq._

Sakais, exogamy among the, p. 303.

Sàkalàva (Madagascar), female appreciation of manly courage and

skill among the, pp. 255 _sq._

Saliras, only harlots clothe themselves among the, p. 195.

Samaritans, do not practise divorce, p. 523 n. 2.

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

state of morality among the, p. 64;

_jus primae noctis_ among the, p. 77;

their estimation of female chastity, p. 123;

combats for women among the, p. 161;

tattooing among the, pp. 177 n. 12, 179, 201 n. 4;

decorations among the, p. 198 n. 1;

indecent dances among the, _ib._;

their ideas of modesty, p. 207;

elopements among the, p. 218 n. 5;

their ideal of beauty, p. 263;

prohibited degrees among the, pp. 300 _sq._;

infanticide unknown among the, p. 312;

modest behaviour of the, p. 317;

conjugal love among the, p. 358;

marriage by capture among the, p. 385;

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 392 n. 3, 394, 399, 401 n. 13;

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

polygyny among the, pp. 444, 448;

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

Levirate among the, pp. 510 n. 3, 514;

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

juridical fatherhood among the, p. 514;

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

Samogithia, symbol of capture in, p. 387.

Samoyedes, early betrothals among the, p. 214;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 220;

their ideal of beauty, p. 262;

exogamy among the, pp. 305 _sq._;

marriage by capture among the, p. 386;

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 393, 394, 402 n.;

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

polygyny among the, pp. 444 _sq._

San Salvador, ancient, succession through males in, p. 98;

endogamy in, p. 363.

See Pipiles.

Sandwich Islanders, wantonness due to foreign influence among

the, p. 67;

jealousy of the men among the, pp. 119, 131;

their tattooing, p. 169;

incest among the, p. 293;

monogamous as a rule, p. 441;

excess of men among the, pp. 462, 466 n. 1;

divorce among the, p. 527.

See Atooi, Hawaiians.

Sangirese, the husband goes to live with the wife’s family among

the, p. 109;

their households, p. 325.

Santa Cruz Island, fondness for white hair in, p. 168;

Levirate in, p. 511 n. 3.

Santals, marriages once a year among the, p. 29;

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

bachelors disdained among the, p. 137;

marry early, p. 138;

difficulty in supporting a family unknown among the, p. 147 n. 3;

female ornaments among the, pp. 165 _sq._;

their admiration for showy colours, p. 168;

liberty of choice among the, p. 219 n. 8;

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

exogamous as a rule, p. 303;

marriage ceremony among the, p. 419;

monogamous as a rule, pp. 436, 439 n. 11, 501;

polygyny among the, p. 444;

polyandry among the, pp. 452, 453, 455, 459, 474;

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

position of their women, p. 501;

Levirate among the, pp. 511 n. 3, 512;

rule of inheritance among the, p. 512;

divorce among the, p. 523.

São João d’El Rei, excess of women in, p. 478.

São Paulo, excess of women in, p. 478.

Saraë, remarriage of widows prohibited for a certain period in,

p. 128;

remarriage of divorced women prohibited for a certain period in,

p. 129;

return gift in, p. 409.

Sarawak, Malays of, monogamous as a rule, p. 440;

excess of men in, p. 463.

Sardinia, periodical fluctuation in the number of births in, p. 31;

marriage ceremony in, p. 419.

Sauks, large households of the, p. 324.

Savaras, privilege of the maternal uncle among the, p. 40;

elopements among the, p. 220 n.;

conjugal love among the, p. 358;

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

Saxons, marriage by purchase among the, p. 404.

—— in England, divorce among the, p. 529.

Saxony, illegitimate births in, p. 69;

age for marriage among women in, p. 146;

number of people who die single in, _ib._;

proportion of the sexes at birth in, pp. 471 _sq._

Scandinavia, endogamous communities in, p. 344;

classes in, pp. 372 _sq._

Scandinavians, ancient, women’s liberty of choice according to tales

of the, p. 221;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 293;

marriage by capture among the, p. 387;

wives obtained by service among the, pp. 391 _sq._;

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 396, 429;

decay of marriage by purchase among the, pp. 404, 407;

dower among the, p. 407;

marriage ceremony among the, p. 419;

legitimacy of marriage among the, p. 429;

polygyny among the, pp. 434, 447;

traces of polyandry among the, pp. 454 _sq._

See Teutons.

Schaaffhausen, Prof. H., on peculiarities of the skull, pp. 267 _sq._

Schawill (Southern Mexico), endogamy in, p. 365.

Schlegel, on the morning gift, p. 407 n. 7.

Schlyter, C. J. , on the morning gift, p. 407 n. 7.

Schmidt, Dr. K., on the _jus primae noctis_ in the Middle Ages, P. 77.

Schopenhauer, A., on love excited by contrasts, p. 354;

on fair hair and blue eyes, p. 355 n. 1.

Scotland, periodical fluctuation in the number of births in,

pp. 31 _sq._;

‘hand-fasting’ in, p. 71;

no parental restraints upon marriage in, p. 239;

deaf-mutes in, p. 341;

isolated communities in, p. 344;

consanguineous marriages in, pp. 344-346;

unlucky period and day for marriage in, p. 424 n. 1.

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

Sebright, Sir J., on the intermixture of breeds, p. 289;

on the effects of close interbreeding, pp. 335-338.

Self-fertilization of plants, effects of, pp. 335, 337-339, 345, 545.

Self-mutilation, ch. ix., p. 541.

Semi-castration, p. 205.

Semites, their system of nomenclature, p. 82;

their term for father, p. 87.

——, ancient, marriage by purchase among the, p. 395.

Sena (Gaul), the celibacy of the priestesses of the oracle in, p. 153.

Senegal. See Moors.

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

Levirate among the, p. 511 n.

Senel (California), large households of the, p. 324.

Separation, ch. xxiii., p. 549;

judicial, p. 529.

Sermatta Islanders, endogamy of the, p. 367;

divorce among the, p. 523 n. 9.

Serpents, maternal care among certain, p. 10.

Servia, mixed marriages in, p. 375.

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

marriage by purchase among the, p. 397.

Serwatty Islands. See Lettis.

Sex of the offspring, hypotheses as to the causes which determine

the, pp. 469-482.

Sexes, numerical proportion of the, ch. xxi., pp. 547 _sq._

Sexual differences, pp. 260 _sq._

Sexual selection, among the lower animals, ch. xi., p. 542;

of man, ch. xii.-xvi., pp. 543-546.

Sexual uncleanness, notion of, pp. 151-156, 541.

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

classes among the, p. 369;

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

divorce among the, pp. 527, 528, 531 n. 4.

Shastika (California), women larger than men among the, p. 260 n. 1;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 392;

excess of women among the, pp. 460, 465 n. 4.

Shawanese, marriage not complete till the birth of a child, among

the, p. 22;

speedy remarriage of widowers and widows prohibited among the,

p. 129 nn. 3, 6;

celibacy rare among the, p. 134;

their respect for certain celibates, p. 151;

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

obligatory continence among the, p. 483;

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3;

divorce among the, pp. 521 n. 9, 527 n. 1.

Sheep. See Faroe Islands.

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

Shiyann, excess of women among the, p. 461.

Shorthorns, excess of male births among in-and-in bred, p. 480.

Shortsightedness of man, pp. 276 _sq._

Shoshones, devoid of tribal organization from want of sufficient

food, pp. 48 _sq._;

early betrothals among the, p. 213 n. 6;

large households of the, p. 324;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 393 n. 2;

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

Shulis, lip-ornaments among the, p. 166;

female dress among the, p. 197;

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

Siamangs, parental care among, p. 13.

Siamese, marriage portion among the, pp. 23, 414 n. 4;

marry early, p. 138;

incest among the, p. 293;

class-endogamy among the, p. 372;

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

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 425 n. 3;

monogamous as a rule, p. 439;

polygyny among the, p. 444;

births in polygynous families among the, p. 470;

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

Siauw, households in, p. 325.

Siberia, peoples of, the lending of wives among certain, p. 74 n. 1;

their desire for offspring, p. 377.

Sibuyaus (Sea Dyaks), irregular connections considered indecent by

the, p. 63.

Sierra Leone, Negroes of, circumcision of girls among the,

p. 206 n. 1;

obligatory continence among the, p. 484;

divorce among the, p. 527 n. 1.

Simas, monogamous, p. 435.

‘Similarity, the law of,’ ch. xiii., p. 543.

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

Singphos, rule of inheritance among the, p. 102.

See Ka-káu, Kakhyens.

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

systems of kinship among the, pp. 110 n. 2, 112;

celibacy almost unknown among the, p. 135;

marry early, p. 138;

their ideal of beauty, p. 261;

incest among the, p. 293;

prohibited degrees among the, p. 304;

marriage between cousins among the, pp. 327, 328, 481;

villages and households of the, p. 328;

class-endogamy among the, p. 372;

marriage portion among the, p. 415 n. 2;

omens among the, p. 424 n. 1;

polyandry among the, pp. 452, 455, 472 n. 3, 475, 504;

excess of men among the, p. 463;

female infanticide rare among the, p. 467;

excess of male births among the, pp. 467, 481;

want of jealousy among the men of the, p. 515;

divorce among the, pp. 519, 531.

See Ceylon.

Sirmore, polyandry in, pp. 453, 472 n. 3, 475;

want of jealousy among the men of, p. 515;

people of, a rather advanced race, p. 516.

Sitka Islands, excess of women in the, p. 460.

Siwalik mountains, polyandry in the, p. 453.

Skull, peculiarities of the, pp. 267 _sq._

Slave Indians, wrestling for women among the, p. 160.

Slavonians (South), immorality due to foreign influence among the,

p. 68;

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

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

wrestling of youths among the, p. 162;

paternal authority among the, pp. 234 _sq._;

parental consent necessary for marriage among the, p. 235;

marriage with a half-sister among the Mohammedan, p. 294;

their house-communities, p. 326;

prohibited degrees among the, _ib._;

their desire for offspring, p. 377;

marriage by capture among the, p. 387;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 397;

divorce among the, p. 530 nn. 5, 7.

Slavs, p. 364;

endogamy of the, p. 365;

marriage by capture among the, p. 387;

ceremony of capture among the, _ib._;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 397;

marriage portion among the, pp. 408, 413.

Smith, Prof. W. Robertson, on the maternal system among the ancient

Arabs, p. 102 n. 4;

on the intermarriage of housemates, p. 332.

Snakes, sexual odours of, pp. 246, 248.

Snakes. See Shoshones.

Sociability of man, pp. 42-50, 538.

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

See Eimeo, Maupiti, Tahitians.

Sogno, Negroes of, women’s power of choice among the, p. 220 n. 11;

women more particular in their choice than men among the,

pp. 253 _sq._;

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

divorce among the, p. 532 nn. 2 _sq._

Solomon Islanders, their want of modesty, p. 188;

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

infanticide rare among the, p. 313;

their desire for offspring, p. 379 n. 1;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 399 n. 7;

barter unknown (?) among certain, p. 400;

no marriage ceremony among the, p. 417;

polygyny among the, pp. 441 n. 3, 492;

excess of men among some of the, p. 462;

divorce exceptional among the, p. 522.

See Ulaua, Ysabel.

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

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

differences between the sexes among the, p. 260 n. 1;

consanguineous marriage among the, pp. 296 n. 1, 306;

preference given to strangers among the, p. 323;

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

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

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

divorce among the, p. 520.

Soudan, infibulation of girls in the, p. 124;

celibacy of slaves in the, p. 145.

——, Eastern, mixture of race in, p. 283.

——, Egyptian, nakedness of the negro men of the, p. 189.

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

South America, mongrels in, pp. 282 _sq._

South American Indians, kinship through males among the, p. 99;

lip-ornaments among certain, p. 166;

tattooing of girls among certain, p. 177;

female dress among certain, p. 190;

conjugal affection among certain, p. 359.

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

prohibited degrees in, p. 296;

civil marriage in, p. 428;

judicial separation in, pp. 526, 529.

Spanish, term for brother’s great grandson in, p. 96.

Sparrows, case of voluntary celibacy among, p. 134 n. 1.

Spartans, criminal proceedings against celibates among the, p. 142;

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

endogamy among the, p. 367;

their desire for offspring, p. 378;

ceremony of capture among the, p. 386;

marriage portion among the, p. 415.

Spencer, Mr. Herbert, on the gregariousness of animals, p. 43;

on the promiscuity of primitive man, p. 51;

on the vanity of savages, p. 165;

on the origin of tattooing and other mutilations, p. 172;

on savage ornaments, p. 185;

on the origin of circumcision, pp. 203 _sq._;

on ‘facial perfection,’ pp. 258 _sq._;

on protuberant jaws, &c., p. 267;

on Mr. McLennan’s hypothesis as to the origin of exogamy, p. 311;

on the origin of exogamy, pp. 314 _sq._;

on love, p. 356;

on the origin of the form of capture, p. 388;

on the obtainingm of wives by services, p. 391;

on the transition from marriage by capture to marriage by purchase,

p. 401;

on monogamy as the ultimate form of marriage, p. 509.

‘Spiritual relationship,’ prohibition of marriage on the ground of,

p. 331.

Spiti, custom of primogeniture in, p. 458.

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

Starcke, Dr. C. N. , on the origin of the maternal system, p. 108;

on the custom of the husband going to live with the wife’s family,

p. 109;

on the rules of succession, pp. 110, 391;

on the Levirate, p. 514.

Stieda, W., on the effects of consanguineous marriage, p. 342;

on the law of Hofacker and Sadler, pp. 469 _sq._

Strynø, consanguineous marriages in, p. 344.

Succession, rules of, pp. 110-120, 540.

Suckling time, pp. 484, 548.

Sully, Prof J., on sympathy, p. 362 n.2.

Sumatra, Malays of, jealousy of the men among the, p. 120;

race-endogamy of the, p. 364.

Sumatrans, ‘ambel anak’ among the, p. 109;

system of kinship depending on locality among the, p. 110 n. 2;

celibacy almost unknown among the, p. 136;

purchase of wives no obstacle to matrimony among the, p. 145;

want of modesty among certain, p. 188;

dress used by the young women among the, p. 191;

their ideas of modesty, p. 207;

their ideal of beauty, p. 263;

local exogamy among the, pp. 322 _sq._;

marriage by exchange among the, p. 390;

marriage by ‘semando’ among the, p. 437 n.;

monogamous as a rule, p. 440;

proportion between the sexes among the, pp. 462 _sq._;

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

See Bataks, Kubus, Lampong, Lubus, Padang, Rejangs.

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

Surinam, aborigines of, lending wives among the, p. 74 n. 1.

Survivals, pp. 3, 6.

Sweden, periodical fluctuation in the number of births in,

pp. 31, 32, 34-36, 38;

age for marriage among women in, p. 146;

number of people who die single in, _ib._;

number of married people among the nobility and higher

_bourgeoisie_ of, p. 148;

women’s liberty of choice in, during early Middle Ages,

pp. 236 _sq._;

class-endogamy in, p. 373;

civil marriage in, p. 428;

excess of female births among the nobility of, p. 471 n. 4.

See Uplands-lag.

Swedes, terms of address among the, p. 91;

their aversion to marrying Lapps, p. 365.

Switzerland, divorces of childless couples in, p. 381;

morning gift in, p. 407 n. 6;

civil marriage in, p. 428;

divorce in, p. 530.

Sympathy, ch. xvi., p. 546.

Syria, excess of female births in, p. 467.

T

Tacullies, jealousy of the men among the, p. 118;

a widow’s duties among the, p. 126;

hair-dress of the young, p. 175;

decorations among the, p. 198 n. 1;

veil worn by girls among the, p. 200;

their want of modesty, p. 210;

conjugal affection among the, p. 359;

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

Tagalas (Philippines), wives obtained by service among the,

p. 391 n. 1.

Tahitians, birth of a child followed by marriage among the,

pp. 23 _sq._;

alleged promiscuity among the, p. 59 n. 7;

their wantonness, pp. 67 _sq._;

chieftainship and property hereditary in the male line among the,

pp. 99, 100, 112;

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

their views regarding continence, p. 151;

tattooing among the, pp. 177 n. 12, 178 n. 5, 179-181;

covering used by the, p. 190;

their ideas of modesty, p. 207;

early betrothals among the, p. 214;

female appreciation of manly beauty among the, p. 257;

their ideal of beauty, pp. 257, 263;

differences between the sexes among the, p. 260 n. 1;

nobility among the, p. 369;

class-endogamy of the, p. 371;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 399;

no marriage portion among the, p. 414 n. 5;

religious marriage ceremonies among the, p. 422;

polygyny among the, pp. 441 n. 3, 444, 449, 530;

excess of men among the, pp. 462, 466 n. 1;

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

their women get old early, p. 486;

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

love among the, p. 503;

divorce among the, pp. 522, 527, _ib._ n. 1, 530.

See Areois, Society Islanders.

Tahus (Northern Mexico), _jus primae noctis_ among the, p. 76.

Takue, speedy remarriage of widows prohibited among the, p. 129 n. 2;

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

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

Talamanca Indians, marry early, p. 137;

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

Talauer Islanders, marriage by purchase among the, p. 392 n. 3.

Tamanacs, polygyny among the, pp. 443, 444, 497.

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

Tana (New Hebrides), immodesty of women due to foreign influence

in, p. 67;

hair-dress of the men in, p. 167;

cicatrices of the natives of, p. 169;

indecent dress of the men in, p. 194;

ideal of beauty in, p. 264;

polygyny in, pp. 441 n. 3, 506;

nominal authority of the chiefs in, p. 506.

Tanàla (Madagascar), divorce among the, p. 527 n. 1.

Tangutans, struggle for women among the, p. 162 n. 1;

marriage by capture among the, p. 386;

compensation for capture among the, p. 401;

concubinage among the, p. 445.

Tapoyers, painting of girls among the, p. 177.

Tartars, jealousy of the men among the, p. 120;

widows killed among the, p. 125;

widows forbidden to remarry among the, p. 127;

marriage of the dead among the, p. 140;

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

their ideal of beauty, p. 262;

mongrels among the, p. 283;

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

ceremony of capture among the, p. 385;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 393;

their weddings, p. 418 n. 10;

religious marriage ceremony among the, p. 425 n. 3;

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

polygyny among the, p. 492;

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

divorce among the, pp. 519, 532 n. 6.

—— of the Crimea, marriage by capture among the, p. 386 n. 4.

Tartars of Kazan, marriage by purchase among the, p. 392 n. 2.

—— of Kazan and Orenburg, barren wives despised among the,

p. 378 n. 4;

marriage portion among the, p. 410 n. 11.

Tarumas, excess of men among the, p. 461.

Tasmanians, spring-festival among the, p. 29;

seclusion of the sexes among the, p. 64;

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

their desire for self-decoration, p. 165;

cicatrices of the, p. 181 n. 4;

their want of modesty, p. 188;

dress on festive occasions among some tribes of the, p. 198;

indecent dances among the, _ib._;

exogamy among the, p. 300;

marriage by capture among the, p. 385;

no marriage ceremony among the, pp. 417 _sq._;

monogamous as a rule, p. 440;

polyandry (?) among the, p. 451;

excess of men among the, pp. 462, 467;

female infanticide rare among the, p. 467;

divorce among the, p. 518.

—— on Flinders Island, painting the body among the, p. 176.

Tassai (New Guinea), natives of, female dress among the, pp. 197, 206.

Tattooing, ch. ix., p. 541.

Tedâ, class-endogamy of the, p. 371;

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

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

monogamous as a rule, pp. 439, 502;

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

position of their women, p. 502.

Teehurs of Oude, looseness of the marriage tie among the, pp. 53, 55.

Teeyer (North Malabar), polyandry among the, p. 455.

Tehuantepec, Isthmians of, monogamous, pp. 435, 501;

excess of women among the, p. 461;

conjugal affection among the, p. 501.

Tehuelches. See Patagonians.

Teleostei, paternal care among many, p. 10.

Teneriffe, aborigines of, _jus primae noctis_ among the, p. 76;

nakedness of the, p. 189.

Tenimber Group, hair-dress of the young men in the, p. 175;

coquetry of the young people in the, p. 201.

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

‘Terrible rite,’ p. 205.

Tertullian, on celibacy, p. 154.

Tessaua, fine imposed on the father of a bastard child in, p. 62.

Tetrao, hybridism in the genus, p. 278.

Teutons, paternal authority among the, pp. 230, 233 _sq._;

parents and relations consulted in cases of marriage among

the, pp. 233 _sq._;

dependence of women among the, p. 234;

restriction of paternal authority among the, pp. 236 _sq._;

women’s liberty of choice among the, _ib._;

class-endogamy of the, p. 372;

marriage by capture among the, p. 387;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 396;

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

dower among the, pp. 406, 407, 413;

religious marriage ceremonies among the, pp. 426 _sq._;

divorce among the, pp. 520, 521, 529, 532.

See Germans, Scandinavians.

Thlinkets, myth of the jealousy of man among the, p. 118;

celibacy of slaves among the, pp. 144 _sq._;

lip-ornament among the, p. 173;

tattooing of girls among the, p. 177;

women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 215;

exogamy among the, p. 298;

feasts for the dead among the, p. 380;

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

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

monogamous as a rule, p. 441;

polygyny among the, p. 443;

polyandry among the, pp. 450 _sq._;

obligatory continence among the, p. 483 n. 5;

myths of the, p. 508 n. 1;

Levirate among the, pp. 511 _sq._, 512 n. 5;

rule of inheritance among the, p. 512 n. 5;

divorce among the, p. 532 nn. 2 _sq._, 533 n. 4.

Thracians, tattooing among the, p. 169;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 396.

Thuringia, ceremony of purchase in, p. 397;

period for marriage in, p. 424 n. 1.

Thysanura, colours of the, p. 245.

Tibetans, kinship through males among the, pp. 102, 112;

polyandry among the, pp. 116, 453, 456, 473-475, 504 nn. 1, 3;

celibacy of monks and nuns among the, p. 153;

monogamy among the, p. 456;

excess of male births among the, p. 474;

little addicted to jealousy, p. 515.

See Caindu.

Timorese, nakedness of women among certain, p. 188;

exogamy among the, p. 302;

divorce among the, p. 524 n. 5.

Timor-laut, coquetry of the young people in, p. 201;

disposal of a girl’s hand in, p. 215;

class-endogamy in, p. 371 n. 4;

marriage by purchase in, p. 394.

Tinguianes (Philippines), monogamous, p. 437 n. 2.

Tinneh, Eastern, excess of female births among the, p. 466;

their women not prolific, p. 490 n. 8;

polygyny among the, p. 500 n. 2.

See Chippewyans.

Tipperahs, pregnancy must be followed by marriage among the, p. 24;

unrestrained sexual intercourse, but no promiscuity among the, p. 71;

bachelors disdained among the, p. 137;

female dress among the, p. 200;

endogamy of the, p. 366;

wives obtained by service among the, p. 390 n. 7;

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

divorce among the, p. 523.

Tlascala (Mexico), celibates disdained in, p. 139;

shaving the heads of newly married couples in, p. 176 n.

Toads, sexual sounds of, p. 247;

colours of, p. 248.

Tocqueville, Count de, on the want of sympathy between different

classes, pp. 369 _sq._

Todas, group-marriage and polyandry among the, pp. 53, 57, 116,

452, 455, 458, 472 n. 3, 516;

kinship through males among the, pp. 101, 112;

celibacy almost unknown among the, p. 135;

liberty of choice among the, p. 219 n. 8;

endogamy of the, pp. 327, 348, 349, 480;

villages and households of the, p. 327;

mortality of children among the, p. 349;

their desire for offspring, pp. 378 _sq._;

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

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

excess of men among the, p. 463;

excess of male births among the, pp. 467, 473, 480;

divorce among the, pp. 524, 532 n. 6, 534 n. 4.

Togiagamutes, the family among the, pp. 46 _sq._

Togoland, Negroes of, their estimation of female chastity, p. 124;

monogamous as a rule, p. 438 n. 8.

Toltecs, p. 369.

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

their ideas of female virtue, p. 71;

privileges of their chiefs, p. 79;

rules of succession among the, p. 99;

celibacy of women rare among the, p. 136;

making love among the, p. 163;

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

their ideas of decency, p. 207;

early betrothals among the, p. 214;

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

conjugal affection among the, pp. 358 _sq._;

polygyny among the, pp. 441 n. 3, 444 n. 4;

divorce among the, pp. 521, 522, 533 n. 4.

See Niutabutabu.

Tonquin, polygyny in, p. 489.

Torndirrup (Australia), kinship through males among the, p. 101.

Torres Strait, tribes of, dress among the, pp. 191 n. 4, 196.

Tôttiyars, group-marriage among the, pp. 53, 57.

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

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

love among the, p. 358;

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

monogamous as a rule, pp. 435, 439, 502;

authority of their women, p. 502;

divorce among the, p. 527 n. 1.

—— of Rhat, divorce among the, p. 530 n. 3.

——, Western, their opinions as regards celibacy, p. 135.

Toungtha, prostitution held in abhorrence by the, p. 71;

celibacy unknown among the, p. 136;

dress of girls among the, p. 200;

monogamous, pp. 436, 507;

mortality among the, p. 466;

divorce among the, p. 524 n. 5.

Towns in Europe, celibacy in, pp. 146, 148.

_Cf._ Country districts.

Trarsa (Western Sahara), their ideal of female beauty, p. 259.

Trinidad, aborigines of, nakedness of women among the, p. 187 n. 5.

Trumaí, curious usage among the, p. 205.

Tsonontooas, or Senecas, polyandry among the, p. 451.

Tubori, their ideas of modesty, p. 207.

Tukopia (Santa Cruz Islands), marriage by capture in, p. 385;

marriage by purchase in, p. 399 n. 7;

excess of women in, p. 462;

female jealousy in, p. 498.

Tuluvas, their terms for father and mother, p. 86.

Tunberri (Australia), monogamous, p. 437.

Tunguses, a seducer bound to marry his victim among the, pp. 62 _sq._;

supplying guests with wives among the, p. 74;

mongrels among the, p. 283;

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

marriage portion among the, p. 410 n. 11;

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

polygyny among the, p. 444 n. 11.

Tupinambases, prohibition of incest among the, p. 293.

Tupis, their terms for father and mother, p. 85;

bachelors disdained among the, p. 137;

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

dress of maidens among the, pp. 196 _sq._;

ring worn by the men among some of the, p. 201;

consanguineous marriage among the, p. 296;

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

polygyny among the, p. 444 n. 1;

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3.

Turalinzes, marriage by purchase among the, p. 393.

Turanian family, system of nomenclature among the, pp. 82 _sq._

Turkeys, wild, courtship by females among, p. 158 n. 2.

Turkish countries, religious endogamy in the, p. 375.

—— peoples, immorality due to foreign influence among the, p. 69;

early betrothals among the, p. 214;

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

omens among some, p. 423.

Turkomans, state of morality among the, p. 69;

standard of female excellence among the, pp. 381 _sq._

Turko-Tartars, primitive, state of morality among the, p. 69;

their terms for mother, p. 88;

monogamous, p. 507.

Turks, p. 364.

—— of Central Asia, female chastity among the, p. 62;

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

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

polygyny among the, pp. 444 n. 11, 449.

Turra (Australia), kinship through males among the, p. 101.

Tuski, repudiated wives supported by their former husbands among

the, p. 19;

early betrothals among the, p. 214;

infanticide almost unknown among the, p. 312;

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

their weddings, p. 418 n. 13;

polygyny among the, pp. 489, 493.

Tylor, Dr. E. B. , his statistical ‘method of investigating the

development of institutions,’ pp. 4 _sq._;

on the family among savages, p. 42 n. 1;

on ‘La Couvade,’ p. 107 n. 1;

on the maternal system, pp. 109 _sq._;

on the connection between exogamy and the classificatory system

of relationship, p. 329;

on the coexistence of marriage by capture and exogamy, pp. 388 _sq._

Tyre, marriage with a half-sister at, p. 295.

U

Uainumá, their term for father, p. 92.

Uaraguaçú, their terms for father and mother, p. 85.

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

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

nakedness of women among the, pp. 187 n. 5, 192 _sq._;

female dress on festive occasions among the, p. 198;

decorations among the, _ib._ n. 1;

their ideal of female beauty, p. 258;

exogamous as a rule, pp. 322, 325, 347;

large households of the, p. 325;

ceremony of capture among the, p. 384;

polygyny among the, pp. 441 n. 4, 443 _sq._;

divorce scarcely occurs among the, p. 522.

Uea (Loyalty Islands), female chastity in, p. 64.

Ukraine, peasants of the, pregnancy must be followed by marriage

among the, p. 24.

Ulaua (Solomon Islands), covering of the men in, p. 191 n. 3.

Unimak. See Aleuts.

United States, no parental restraints upon marriage in the, p. 239;

race-endogamy in the, p. 373;

excess of females among mulatto children in the, p. 477;

excess of female children in the families of cross-breeds in the,

p. 478.

Uplands-lag, punishment for adultery according to the, p. 122.

Ural-Altaic peoples, terms for relations among many, pp. 92 _sq._

Uralian family, system of nomenclature among the, p. 82.

Usbegs, women’s liberty of choice among the, p. 220 n. 7.

V

Vaitupu (Ellice Islands), tattooing in, p. 201 n. 4.

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

Variety, man’s taste for, pp. 488, 530, 548.

Veddahs, monogamous, pp. 60, 436, 507;

divorce unknown among the, pp. 60, 517;

terms of address among the, pp. 90, 94;

jealousy of the men among the, p. 118;

their decorations, p. 165;

marriage with a sister among the, pp. 292, 333, 339 _sq._;

isolation of families among the, p. 333;

paucity of children among the, pp. 339 _sq._;

endogamy of the, p. 364;

marriage by purchase (?) among the, p. 398;

marriage ceremony among the, p. 420;

polyandry abhorrent to the, pp. 515 _sq._

Veddahs, Rock, husband’s duties among the, p. 17;

live in families or small septs, pp. 43 _sq._;

social equality among the, p. 506.

Vellalah caste in Coimbatore, polyandry among the, p. 454.

Vera Paz, kinship through males only, in, p. 98.

Vertebrata, lower, fighting for females among the, p. 159;

sexual selection among the, p. 253;

preference given to vigorous males by the females of the, p. 255.

Victoria, natives of, the family among the, p. 45;

love among the, p. 359.

——, natives of Western, seclusion of the sexes among the, p. 65;

punishments for illegitimacy among the, _ib._;

combats for women among the, p. 161;

prohibition of marriage among the, p. 300;

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

polygyny among the, p. 444;

Levirate among the, p. 511 n. 3;

divorce among the, p. 523.

Villermé, L. R. , on the periodical enhancement of the procreative

power of man, p. 33;

on differences of stature, p. 265.

Virchow, Prof. R., on the prognathous type of face, p. 267;

on marriage between brother and sister, p. 333.

Virginity, man’s requirement of, from his bride, pp. 123 _sq._

Vischer, F. Th., on personal beauty, p. 258 n. 5.

Vogt, Prof. C., aversion between different animal species,

p. 253 n. 1;

on the intermixture of breeds, p. 289.

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

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

Voisin, Dr. A., on the effects of consanguineous marriage,

pp. 340, 344.

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

their term for father, pp. 91 _sq._;

their desire for offspring, p. 379;

marriage by capture among the, p. 386;

marriage portion among the, p. 410;

bigamy among the, p. 450 n. 6;

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

W

Wa-chaga, nakedness of the, pp. 189, 193 _sq._;

ceremony of capture among the, p. 384.

Wadaï, fighting for women in, p. 161.

Waganda, their punishment for adultery, p. 121;

celibacy caused by polygyny among the, p. 144;

exogamy among the, p. 306;

their desire for offspring, p. 377;

marriage by purchase among the, p. 393;

excess of women among the, pp. 464, 465 n. 4;

proportion between the sexes at birth among the, pp. 468, 469, 479;

obligatory continence among the, p. 484 n.

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

Waguha, their terms for father, p. 88;

terms of address among the, pp. 91, 94;

children named after the father among the, p. 103;

recognize the part taken by both parents in generation, p. 105;

celibacy unknown among the, p. 145;

endogamy of the, p. 366;

excess of women among the, pp. 464, 465 n. 4;

divorce among the, pp. 522 _sq._

Waitahoo (Marquesas Islands), beauty of the tattooing in, p. 181.

Waitz, Prof. Th., on savage dress, p. 199;

on deviations from the national type, p. 266.

Wakamba, marry early, p. 138;

local exogamy among the, p. 323;

ceremony of capture among the, p. 384;

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

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

divorce among the, p. 532 n. 2.

Wake, Mr. C. S. , on instinctive aversion to intermarriage,

pp. 320 _sq._ n. 2.

Walker, Mr. Alex., on the stimulating influence of novelty,

p. 182 n. 1;

on love excited by contrasts, p. 354, _ib._ n. 5;

on preference modified by age, p. 362.

Walla Wallas (of the Nez Percés), obligatory continence among

the, p. 483 n. 5.

Wallace, Mr. A. R. , on the origin of secondary sexual characters,

pp. 243, 250 _sq._;

on racial differences as a result of natural selection,

p. 273 n. 1;

on the hairlessness of man, p. 276 n. 2;

on the infertility of hybrids, p. 279;

on breeding in-and-in, p. 336;

on equality in savage society, p. 505.

Walrus, its substitute for paternal protection, p. 21.

Wantonness of savages, pp. 61, 66-72.

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

incest among the, pp. 291, 327;

recognized grades of relationship among the, p. 327;

their desire for offspring, p. 377;

marriage on credit among the, p. 394;

their weddings, p. 418;

polygyny among the, p. 434;

obligatory continence among the, p. 484 n.;

their women become sterile early, p. 487;

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

divorce among the, p. 530 n. 7.

Warnkoenig, L. A. , and Stein, L., on the morning gift, p. 407 n. 8.

Warraus, polyandry among the, p. 451;

their women get old early, p. 486;

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3.

Warua, incest among the, p. 291.

Washington, Indians of Western, polygyny among the, pp. 443 n. 5, 449;

their women not prolific, p. 491 n.;

love among the, p. 503;

Levirate among the, pp. 510 n. 3, 511 n. 2.

Wa-taïta, _jus primae noctis_ among the, pp. 75 _sq._;

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

marriage with a sister among the, pp. 292, 333;

ceremony of capture among the, p. 384;

excess of women among the, p. 464.

Wa-taveita, their want of modesty, pp. 188 _sq._

Watch-an-dies, said to have a definite pairing season, p. 28;

their festival of Caa-ro, _ib._;

their conditions of life, p. 37.

Watubela Islanders, prohibited degrees among the, p. 302;

monogamous, p. 437 n. 1;

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

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

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

Wedding feasts, pp. 418, 419, 421.

Wedding-ring, p. 421.

Weismann’s, Prof. A., theory of heredity applied to the origin of

the human races, pp. 271-273, 543.

Welcker, H., on stature and the form of the skull, p. 268.

Welsh, joint-family of the, p. 326;

prohibition of marriage among the, _ib._;

endogamy of the, p. 367;

ceremony of capture among the, p. 387;

marriage by purchase among the, pp. 397, 407 _sq._;

morning gift among the, pp. 407 _sq._;

marriage portion among the, p. 413.

Wetter class, endogamy in, p. 371 n. 4;

female jealousy in, p. 499 n. 6;

divorce in, p. 523 n. 9.

Whales, marriage and paternal care among, p. 12;

some, have no definite pairing season, p. 27.

Wheeler, Mr. J. Talboys, on the origin of polyandry, p. 116.

Widowers, forbidden to remarry for a certain period after the

wife’s death, p. 129.

Widows, killed, pp. 125 _sq._;

duties of, towards deceased husbands, pp. 126 _sq._;

forbidden to marry again, pp. 127 _sq._;

forbidden to remarry for a certain period after the husband’s

death, pp. 128-130.

Wieland, C. M. , on preference modified by age, p. 362.

Wife, marriage dissolved by the, pp. 526-529, 534.

Wife-purchase, p. 382.

Wilken, Prof. G. A. , on the promiscuity of primitive man,

pp. 51, 61 n. 2, 78 n. 3;

on the maternal system among the ancient Arabs, p. 102 n. 4;

on the origin of exogamy and the prohibition of marriage between

kindred, p. 316 n. 1;

on endogamy and incest among primitive men, p. 353 n. 1.

Winnebah, want of conjugal affection in, p. 357.

Winterbottom, T., on the origin of the maternal system, p. 108.

Wintun (California), a wife who is abandoned may destroy her child,

among the, p. 24;

struggle of women for men among the, p. 164;

female dress among the, p. 189;

do not buy their wives, p. 398;

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

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

divorce rare among the, p. 521.

Wittrock, Prof. V. B. , on marriage between persons with different

and with similar colours of the eye, p. 355.

Wives, custom of supplying guests with, pp. 73-75, 130, 131, 539;

exchange of, p. 75;

obtained by service, pp. 390-392;

first, pp. 443-448, 547;

favourite, pp. 448, 449, 547;

_status_ of, p. 550.

Wolf, marriage and paternal care of the, p. 12;

pairing season of the, p. 26 n.

Wolofs, marriage not complete till the woman is pregnant, among

the, p. 23;

their women get old early, p. 487.

Women, their liberty of choice, ch. ix.;

more particular in their choice than men, pp. 253 sq.;

short prime of savage, pp. 486-488, 548;

_status_ of, in monogamous communities, pp. 500-502;

_status_ of, influencing the stability of marriage,

pp. 533, 535 _sq._

Wood, Rev. J. G. , on brilliant colours and the power of song as

complementary to each other among birds, p. 248.

Wukas (New Guinea), marriage ceremony among the, p. 420 n. 8.

Wundt, Prof. W., on custom and religion, p. 180;

on savage ornaments, p. 185;

on the feeling of shame, pp. 186, 189;

on the origin of dress, _ib._

Wyandots, their system of nomenclature, p. 84;

monogamous, p. 435;

Levirate among the, p. 510 n. 3;

marriage upon trial among the, p. 518.

Y

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

Yahgans (Tierra del Fuego), no conspicuous fluctuation in the number

of births among the, p. 31;

their conditions of life, pp. 37 _sq._;

terms for relationships among the, pp. 88, 89, 94;

children belong to the father’s clan among the, p. 99;

property hereditary in the male line among the, _ib._;

celibacy rare among the, p. 135;

prohibited degrees among the, pp. 299, 318, 325;

infanticide rare among the, p. 313;

their households, p. 325;

proportion between the sexes among the, p. 466;

polyandry abhorrent to the, p. 515;

divorce among the, p. 522.

See Fuegians.

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

Yaméos, local exogamy among the, pp. 321 _sq._

Yap (Carolines), male dress in, pp. 190 _sq._

Yendalines (Indo-China), divorce among the, p. 519.

Yerkalas, marriage between cousins among the, p. 297.

Yokuts (California), depravation due to the influence of the whites

among the, p. 66;

speedy remarriage of widowers and widows prohibited among the,

p. 129 nn. 2, 6.

Ysabel Islanders (Solomon Islands), decorations among the, p. 198 n. 1.

See Mahaga.

Yucatan, excess of women in, p. 461;

excess of females among Ladino children in, p. 477.