CONTENTS. xvii 



CHAPTER XII. 



ON THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN. 



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Historical evidence Ethnological evidence Evidence derivable 

 from physical geography The vegetation of Denmark The 

 cone of the Tiniere The Valley of the Thiele The formation 

 of Egypt The gradual elevation of the country, owing to the 

 annual deposit of Nile mud Mr. Horner's Egyptian researches 

 Age of the Mississippi delta Lapse of time, as indicated by 

 the change of climate Sir J. W. Lubbock on the earth's axis- 

 Effect of a change in the Gulf-Stream Astronomical causes- 

 Precession of the Equinoxes M. Adhemar's argument The 

 cupola of ice at the South Pole Objections to M. Adhemar's 

 theory- Probable effect of precession The excentricity of the 

 earth's orbit Date suggested for the glacial epoch Effect of 

 rivers on the level of continents The obliquity of the ecliptic 

 M. Adhemar on changes in the sea-level Geological changes 

 in the Quaternary period Geological time Reported evidence 

 of man in the Pliocene period Miocene man .... 383 



CHAPTER XIII. 



MODERN SAVAGES. 



The untrustworthiness of tradition Tendency to the marvellous 



-No evidence of degradation -- Progress among savages - 

 Hottentots: dress; food; weapons; metallurgy; customs; cha- 

 racter ; Bushmen Veddahs Andaman I slanders Australians: 

 houses ; food ; rock-engravings ; canoes ; implements ; clubs ; 

 spears; throwing-sticks ; the boomerang; fire; clothes; orna- 

 ments; tattooing; initiation ceremonies; games; superstition; 

 modes of burial; language; marriage Tasmanians Fiji Is- 

 landers: food; weapons; houses; temples; religion; canoes; 

 pottery ; games ; agriculture ; women ; dress ; tattooing ; burial ; 

 customs ; parricide ; horrible rites ; cannibalism ; character of 

 the Fijians Maories: food; dress; ornaments; tattooing; 

 houses ; fortifications ; weapons ; canoes ; burial ; music ; cha- 

 racter; religion; cannibalism Tahiti: implements; fish-hooks; 

 nets; baskets; mats; bark-cloth; dress; canoes; music; furni- 

 ture ; weapons ; food ; fire ; cookery ; ava ; a chief's dinner ; 

 solitary meals ; surgery ; modes of burial ; Oberea's morai ; 

 government ; ideas of right and wrong ; the Arreoy society ; 

 general character The Tongans ...... 426 



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