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THE LIVING RACES OF MANKIND 



Orang Malayu, 73 



Ordeals (trial by) among the Apingi, 340 ; 

 Somali, 373 



Origin of the: Abyssinians, 374, 376; Af- 

 ghans, 202 ; Australians, 50 ; Belgians, 

 485 ; Bogo, 376 ; Brahmans, 203 ; Chi- 

 nese, 122 ; Chinese pig-tail, 125 ; 

 Danakil, 372; Dutch, 488; English, 

 490, 491 ; Eskimo, 506 ; Falashas, 376, 

 382 ; French, 470 ; Gypsies, 456 ; Hotten- 

 tots, 295 ; Italians, 468 ; Japanese, 144 ; 

 Kikuyu, 344; people of Madagascar, 

 282, 283 ; Maori nation, 42, 44 ; Njemp- 

 sians, 358; Parsis, 196; Portuguese, 

 480 ; Russians, 412, 414 ; Somali, 372 ; 

 Suahili, 318; Tasmanians, 72; Tibe- 

 tans, 161 ; Turks, 255 ; Wahuma, 322 



Ornaments of the : Ababdeh, 402 ; Abys- 

 sinians, 378 ; Admiralty Islanders, 34 ; 

 Arabs, 244; Arabs of North Africa, 

 405 ; Ashango, 342 ; Australians, 52 ; 

 Bantu, 333; Bara, 284; Batwa, 276; 

 Berbers, 404 ; Berikimo, 281 ; Bongo, 

 352; Bushmen of South Africa, 268; 

 Dahomeyans, 366 ; Dinka, 351 ; Dyas, 

 78; Dyur, 352; Egba, 368; Eskimo, 

 513 ; Fellahin, 397 ; Fijians, 2, 4 ; For- 

 mosans, 158 ; Guianas, 561, 562 ; Hairy 

 Ainu, 154 ; Haussa, 393 ; Hereros, 298 ; 

 Hill people of India, 179 ; Hottentots, 

 295 ; Ishogo, 338 ; Kaffirs, 299 ; Khasis, 

 198 ; Kikuyu, 343 ; Latuka, 354 ; Ma- 

 lagasi, 286 ; Masai, 356, 357 ; Mon- 

 buttu, 328; Moors, 406; Nilotic 

 Negroes, 359; Negroes, 290; New 

 Guinea natives, 28 ; New Zealand 

 natives, 32, 34 ; Niam-niam, 346 ; 

 Njempsians, 358 ; North American 

 Indians, 544; Nyasaland natives, 

 312 ; Patagonians, 575 ; Sakais, 88 ; 

 Sakalava, 286; Siamese, 98; Solo- 

 mon Islanders, 37 ; Tibbus, 386 ; Todas, 

 188 ; Tuaregs, 390 ; Veddas, 173 ; Wa- 

 ganda, 325 ; Wagiryama, 319 ; Wa- 

 gogo, 317; Wakamba, 321 ; Wapokomo, 

 320 



Oromo, 370 



Ostiaks, 230 



Ovampo, 299 



Painting bodies of Sakais, 89 



Palestine, 249 



Panches, 568 



Pantheism, 11 



Pantshen Lama, 165 



Papuans, 25 48 (see also New Guinea) 



Pariahs (or outcasts), 182 



Parsis, 196, 238 



Patagonians (or Tehuelches), 572 



Pathans (or Afghans), 213 



Patuas (see Juangs) , 184 



Paumota, 20 



Persia and Persians, 235 240 



Peruvians, 529 



Petele (a Bantu ornament), 312 



Philippine Islands, 84, 86 



Pictures (see Art) 



Picture- writingofBushmenof South Africa, 

 269 ; of North American Indians, 546 



Pigtail or queue of Chinese (origin of ), 125 



Pilanjana, or palanquin (a Malagas! 

 vehicle), 287 



Pitcairn Island, 23 



Plongge (a knotted stick, used as an Aus- 

 tralian magic wand), 61 



Poisoned arrows of Bushmen of South 

 Africa, 269, 278 



Pokomo (see Wapokomo) 



Poles, 454, 458 



Polygamy with the : Abyssinians, 380 ; 

 Anamese, 106 ; Bongo, 353 ; Fellahin, 

 398 ; Hottentots, 296 ; Latuka, 354 ; 

 Monbuttu, 328 ; New Ireland natives, 

 32 ; Nilotic group,359; North American 



Indians, 549 ; Sakais, 91 ; Samoans, 

 19 ; Siamese, 100 ; Solomon Islanders, 

 37; Somali, 373; Veddas, 176; Wa- 

 soga, 326 



Polynesians, 8 24 



Pondo tribe of Kaffirs, 300 



Population of: Ababdeh, 402; Afridis, 

 214; Algonquians, 537; Anam, 104; 

 Arabia, 241 ; Armenians, 260 ; Aus- 

 tralians, 51 ; Austria-Hungary, 453 ; 

 Bakhtians, 238 ; Basuto, 304 ; Belgium, 

 483 ; Bhils, 186 ; Bokhara, 221 ; Borneo, 

 77; Brahmans, 210; Bulgaria, 439; 

 Buriats,223; Bushmen of South Africa, 

 266; Caucasia, 417 ; China, 122 ; Chip- 

 pewas, 537; Chukchis, 234; Circassians, 

 420; Crees, 537; Druses, 248; Egba, 

 368; Eskimo, 508, 509; Fakirs, 211; 

 Falashas, 382 ; Fiji, 1 ; Finland, 422 ; 

 Formosa, 158 ; France, 470 ; Germany, 

 457 ; Giliaks, 232 ; Gonds, 186 ; Greece, 

 433 ; Hairy Ainu, 153 ; Hereros, 298 ; 

 Holland, 488 ; Hottentots, 294 ; India, 

 177 ; Ireland, 498 ; Isle of Man, 504 ; 

 Japan, 144 ; Java, 83 ; Kalmuks, 223 ; 

 Kamchadales, 235 ; Kara-Kirghiz, 218 ; 

 Khasis, 197; Korea, 156; Koriaks, 

 234; Kotas, 189; Lapland, 424; Les- 

 ghians, 418 ; Luris, 238 ; Maoris, 42 ; 

 Mashonas, 308 ; Monbuttu, 328 ; Mon- 

 golians, 140 ; Montenegro, 447 ; 

 Nestorians, 238 ; New Hebrides, 39 ; 

 Norway, 428; Ostiaks, 223; Ovampo, 

 299; Palestine, 250; Persia, 235; 

 Philippine Islands, 84 ; Pondo, 300 ; 

 Portugal, 479 ; Pueblo Indians, 551 ; 

 Rumania, 441 ; Russia, 409 ; Sakais, 

 88 ; Samoa, 18 ; Samoyedes, 223 ; 

 Sandwich Islands, 24 ; Scotland, 495 ; 

 Servia, 444; Siam, 97; Siberia, 222; 

 Spain, 475 ; Straits Settlements, 96 ; 

 Sumatra, 83 ; Sweden, 431 ; Switzer- 

 land, 462; Syria, 248; Tahiti, 20; 

 Tibet, 161 ; Tonga of South Africa, 

 304 ; Tunguses, 223 ; Turkestan, 217 ; 

 Turkey, 436; Turkomans, 220; 

 Uganda, 324; Wales, 494; Yakuts, 

 223 



Porro (or secret societies of West Africa), 

 362 



Portugal and Portuguese, 479, 480 



Powhatans, 538 



Praying-wheels of Tibetans, 168 



Present-making of Society Islanders, 22 



Priests of Polynesians, 11 



Proverbs of Malays, 77 



Pueblo group of North American Indians, 

 534 



Pueblo Indians, 551, 552 



Pueblo structures, 551 



Puelche, 570 



Pygmies, 265, 266, 280 



Qajar (see Persia) , 235 



Quechuas, 568 



Queue or Chinese pig-tail (origin of), 125 



Raids of Angoni, 310 



Rajput caste, 182, 192, 208 



Rank among the: Anamese, 107; Aus- 

 tralians, 58 ; Burmese, 110 ; Chinese, 

 129 ; Danes, 484, 485 ; Eskimo, 524, 

 525 ; Germans, 460 ; Malagasi na- 

 tives, 288 ; Maoris, 46 ; Persians, 236 ; 

 Siamese, 98 ; Society Islanders, 22 ; 

 Solomon Islanders, 37; Swiss, 464 ; 

 Tasmanians, 71 



Red Karens, 119 



Redeeming the first-born (custom of Jews) , 

 252 



Reincarnation of a Lama spirit, 165, 166 



Reindeer and Lapps, 427 



Religion among the: Ababdeh, 402; 

 Abyssinians, 380, 381 ; Anamese, 107 ; 

 Arabs, 247; Armenians, 263, 264; 

 Aryans, 200212 ; Ashango, 342; 

 Ashanti, 363; Australians, 64, 65; 

 Austro-Hungarians, 455 ; Aztecs, 555 ; 

 Bakongo, 332 ; Baluchis, 216 ; Batwa, 

 280; Belgians, 487; Berbers, 404; 

 Bosnians, 452; Bulgarians, 441; 

 Buriats, 224, 225 ; Bushmen of South 

 Africa, 270; Cassubs, 458; Chinese, 

 136140; Chins, 114; Copts, 396; 

 Danes, 485 ; Dutch, 490 ; Druses, 249 ; 

 Egba, 369; Eskimo, 526; Ewe, 364; 

 Falashas, 382 ; Fanti, 363 ; Finns, 423; 

 French, 475 ; Fur Negroes, 394 ; Gallas, 

 371 ; Germans, 462 ; Gypsies, 456 ; 

 Hairy Ainu, 155 ; Haussa, 393 ; Her- 

 zegovinans, 452, 453 ; people of India, 

 198, 199; Irish, 504; Italians, 470; 

 Japanese, 152 ; Kaffirs, 300 ; Kal- 

 muks,223 ; Kamchadales,235 ; Khonds, 

 192; Kikuyu, 344; Kirghiz-Kazaks, 

 220; Kols, 184: Koriaks, 235 ; Kotas, 

 189; Lapps, 42; Lesghians, 419; 

 Letto-Lithuanic people, 458 ; Liu-kiu, 

 160 ; Malagasi natives, 287 ; Masai, 

 357 ; Mayan, 556 ; Mazurs, 458 ; Mon- 

 gols, 143; Moors, 408; Negritos, 87; 

 Negroes, 293 ; New Guinea natives, 

 28 ; Njempsians, 358 ; North American 

 Indians, 550, 551 ; Norwegians, 431 ; 

 Obongo, 272 ; Ostiaks, 231 ; Parsis, 

 196; Persians, 240; Polynesians, 10; 

 Russians, 416; Sakais, 92; Samoans, 18 ; 

 Samoyedes, 229, 230; Scotch, 498; 

 Servians, 446, 447; Shangallas, 381; 

 Shans, 103 ; Sikhs, 192 ; Somali, 373 ; 

 South American Indians, 554 ; Suahili, 

 318; Svans, 417; Swiss, 466, 468; 

 Syrians, 248; Tasmanians, 72; Ti- 

 betans, 164, 168 ; Tongans, 16 ; Tuaregs, 

 391; Tunguses, 226; Usbegs, 222; 

 Veddas, 476 ; Waganda, 325 ; Wagir- 

 yama, 319; Wakamba, 322; Wanyoro, 

 327 ; Wapokomo, 320, 321 ; Welsh, 495 ; 

 Yakuts, 232 



Religious festivals of the: Ashango, 342, 

 343; Belgians, 487; Kalmuks, 223; 

 Tongans, 13 



Rheetians, 463 



Riffs, 403 



Ring (see Ornaments) 



Ritual of Armenian Church, 264 



Robinson (Augustus) and Tasmanian 

 blacks, 69 



Rosary of Tibetans, 168 



Rumania and Rumanians, 441 444, 453 



Russia and Russians, 409 416 



Russian post-car, 411, 412 



Ruthenians, 454 



Saans (see Bushmen), 266 



Saba (or North British Borneo), 77 



Sacred animals (killing of,by Hindus) ,211. 



212 

 Sacrinces with the: Chins, 114, 116; 



Dahomeyans, 366, 367 ; Fijians, 6, 7 ; 



Khonds,191; Negroes 294; Polynesians, 



11; Sakalava, 287; Waganda, 325; 



Wanyoro, 327 

 Saetersdal (people of valley of, Norway), 



430 



Sakais, 88 



Sakalava, 283, 286, 287 

 Sahara and Soudan, 385 394 

 Samoa, 17 20 

 Samoyedes, 226230 

 Sandwich Islands, 24 

 Santa Cruz (or Queen Charlotte) Islands, 



41 



Santhals, 190 

 Sarakole, 361 



