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24. At what age does puberty take place? 
25. What is the ordinary size of families, and are there any 
large ones ? 
26. Are births of more than one child common? What is 
the proportion of the sexes at birth and among adults ? 
27. Are the children easily reared ? 
28. Is there any remarkable deficiency or perfection in any 
of the senses? It is stated, that in some races sight is re- 
markably keen, both for near and distant objects. 
29. To what age do the females continue to bear children ? 
and for what period are they in the habit of suckling them ? 
30. What is the menstrual period, and what the time of 
utero-gestation ? 
31. Are there any ceremonies connected with any particular 
period of life ? 
32. Is chastity cultivated, or is it remarkably defective, and 
are there any classes amongst the people of either sex by whom 
it is remarkably cultivated, or the reverse, either generally or 
on particular occasions ? 
33. Are there any superstitions connected with this subject ? 
34. What are the ceremonies and practices connected with 
marriage ? 
35. Is polygamy permitted and practised, and to what 
extent ? 
36. Is divorce tolerated, or frequent? 
37. How are widows treated ? 
38. What is the prevailing food of the people? Is it chiefly 
animal or vegetable, and whence is it derived in the two king- 
doms? Do they trust to what the bounty of nature provides, 
or have they means of modifying or controlling production, 
either in the cultivation of vegetables, or the rearing of animals ? 
Describe their modes of cooking, and state the kinds of condi- 
ment which may be employed. Do they reject any kinds of 
aliment from scruple, or an idea of uncleanness? Have they 
in use any kind of fermented or other form of exhilarating 
liquor, and, if so, how is it obtained? What number of meals 
do they make? and what is their capacity for temporary or sus- 
tained exertion ? 
39. Describe the kind of dress worn by the people, and the 
materials employed in its formation. What are the differences 
in the usages of the sexes in this respect? Are there special 
dresses used for great occasions? and, if so, describe these, and 
their modes of ornament. Does any practice of tattooing, 
piercing, or otherwise modifying the person for the sake of 
ornament, prevail amongst the people? N.B. Such modifica- 
