XV111 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



MODERN SAVAGES continued. 



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Esquimaux: tents; houses; lamps; absence of cleanliness ; stores 

 of food; cookery ; difficulty of obtaining water; fire; implements 

 and weapons; modes of hunting and fishing; sledges; boats; 

 scrapers ; clothes, ornaments, cheek-studs ; music ; drawings ; 

 religion ; modes of burial ; things buried with the dead ; charac- 

 ter North American Indians: dress; ornaments; labrets ; the 

 practice of head-moulding; religion; social position of women; 

 character; cruelty; infanticide; implements; weapons; boats; 

 fire ; dwellings ; agriculture ; maize ; rice ; animal food ; burial ; 

 art Paraguay Indians Patagonians: stature; huts; dress; 

 weapons; food; burial; religion Fucgians: huts; implements; 

 weapons; food; stature; habits; mode of fishing; cannibalism; 

 absence of religion ; canoes ; dress ; fire ..... 492 



CHAPTER XV. 



MODERN SAVAGES concluded. 



Skilfulness of savages Varieties of implements Neatness in sew- 

 ing Art of drilling Important works erected by savages- 

 Differences in the Stone Age Different lines of civilization- 

 Differences of weapons Isolation of savages Geographical 

 distribution of weapons, etc. Differences between savages- 

 Different uses for the dog Different modes of obtaining fire- 

 Different modes of burial Descent of property Differences in 

 prevalent sounds Differences in signs Ideas of decency- 

 Ideas of virtue Deification of white men Curious customs- 

 Social position of women Savages and children Moral and 

 intellectual inferiority of savages Poverty of savage languages 

 Deficiencies in numeration Absence of religion Rudiments of 

 religion Lowideas of the deity Witchcraft General wretched- 

 ness of savages .......... 543 



CHAPTER XVI. 



CONCLUDING REMARKS. 



The higher animals The primitive condition of man Diffusion 



of man Early races of man Natural selection applied to man 



-The influence of mind Increase of happiness Sufferings of 



savages Superstitious terrors Self-inflicted sufferings The 



blessings of ci\ ili/ation The diminution of suffering The 



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diminution of sin The advantages of science The future . 583 



APPENDIX ... ... . 603 



INDEX .... .613 



