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much as he does his woman, and think of both quite as often 

 and lovingly after he has eaten them."* 



Not content, moreover, with those incident to their mode 

 of life, savages appear to take a melancholy pleasure in self- 

 inflicted sufferings. Besides the very general practice of 

 tattooing, the most extraordinary methods of disfigurement 

 and self-torture are adopted; some cut off the little finger, 

 some make an immense hole in the under-lip, or pierce the 

 cartilage of the nose. The Easter Islanders enlarge their ears 

 till they come down to their shoulders ; the Chinooks, and 

 many other American tribes, alter the shape of their heads. 

 Some of the African tribes chip their teeth in various manners, 

 each community having a fashion of its own. The Nyambanas, 

 a division of the Kaffirs, are characterized by a row of artifi- 

 cial pimples or warts, about the size of a pea, and extending 

 from the upper part of the forehead to the tip of the nose. 

 Of these they are very proud.-f* Among the Bachapins, those 

 who have distinguished themselves in battle are allowed the 

 privilege of marking " their thigh with a long scar, which is 

 rendered indelible and of a bluish colour by means of wood 

 ashes rubbed into the fresh wound." J In Australia, Captain 

 King saw a native ornamented with horizontal scars which 

 extended across the upper part of the chest. They were at 

 least an inch in diameter, and protruded half an inch from the 

 body. In some parts of Australia, and in Tasmania, all the 

 men have a tooth knocked out in a very clumsy and painful 

 manner. || " The inhabitants of Tanna have on their arms and 

 bellies elevated scars, representing plants, flowers, stars, and 

 various other figures. They are made by first cutting the skin 



* Trans. Ethn. Soc., New Ser. Narrative of a Survey of the 



vol. iii. p. 248. Intertropical and Western Coasts 



t United States' Exploring Ex- of Australia, p. 42. See also Eyre's 



pedition, vol. i. p. 63. account, quoted in p. 449. 



t Burchell, 1. c. vol. ii. pp. 478, || Freycinet, vol. ii. p. 70.~>. 

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