CONTENTS 



reckoned through both parents : Eskimo. Patrilineal peoples. 

 Polyandry : the Todas and other peoples of India and the neigh- 

 bouring countries. Sexual morality. Religious and other ritual 

 observances. Wide distribution of practices implying defective 

 jealousy. General indifference to the actual paternity of a child. 

 Value of children. Fatherright fosters indifference to paternity. 



Pp. 101-248 



CHAPTER VII 



PHYSIOLOGICAL IGNORANCE ON THE SUBJECT OF 

 CONCEPTION. CONCLUSION 



The foregoing considerations lead to the conclusion that paternity was 

 not understood by early man, and even yet the cause of birth is 

 more or less of a mystery to some peoples in the lower culture. 

 Reasons for this ignorance: among others the disproportion of 

 births to acts of sexual union. Every woman in the lower stages 

 of culture is accustomed to intercourse. Premature intercourse 

 very widespread. It is not only unproductive, but it impairs 

 fertility. Even where the true cause of birth has been discovered 

 it has been nowhere held invariable and indispensable. In 

 Australia and a few other countries it is still unrecognised. 

 Summary of the argument. Pp. 249-286 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX Pp. 287-309 



INDEX Pp. 311-328 



