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Part III. General Sociological Culture — Continued. 

 Chapter XVI. Social enjoyments — Continued. 



Instrumental music — Continued. p age 



Guitars 131 



The vine-string guitar 131 



The bamboo-string guitar 131 



The takumbo 132 



The violin 132 



The jew's-harp 132 



The stamper and the horn of bamboo 133 



Sounders 133 



Vocal music 133 



The language of song 133 



The subject matter of songs 134 



The music and the method of singing 134 



Ceremonial songs 134 



Dancing 134 



The ordinary social dance 135 



The religious dance 136 



Mimetic dances 136 



The bathing dance 137 



The dagger or sword dance 137 



The apian dance 137 



The depilation dance 137 



The sexual dance 137 



The war dance 137 



Chapter XVII. Political organization: System of government and social control 139 



Clans 139 



Territories of the clans and number of people composing them 139 



Interclan relations 139 



The chief and his power 139 



The source of the chief's authority 139 



Equality among the people 140 



Respect for ability and old age 140 



The warrior chief 141 



General character 141 



Insignia and prowess of the warrior chief 141 



The warrior's title to recognition 142 



Various degrees of warrior chiefship 142 



The warrior chief in his capacity as chief 143 



The warrior chief as priest and medicine man 144 



Chapter XVIII. Political organization : War, its origin, inception, course, and termination 145 



Military affairs in general . 145 



The origin of war 146 



Vendettas 146 



Private seizure 147 



Debts and sexual infringements 148 



Inception of war 148 



Declaration of war 148 



Time for war 148 



Preparations for war 149 



The attack 150 



Time and methods of attack 150 



Events following the battle 152 



Celebration of the victory 152 



The capture of slaves 153 



The return of the warriors 153 



Ambushes and other methods of warfare 154 



Peace 155 



Chapter XIX. Political organization: General principles of the administration of justice; custom- 156 



ary, proprietary, and liability laws 



General considerations 156 



General principles 156 



The principle of material substitution 156 



Right to a fair hearing 157 



