112 SAVAGE SURVIVALS 



low on the other side of the mountain feels the 

 same way toward the fellow on this side. 



*' Mountains interposed and made of na- 

 tions enemies, 



Who had else, like kindred drops, been 

 mingled into one.'* 



— Cowper. 



The savage observes a certain rude code of 

 morals to the members of his own tribe, who are 

 for the most part his kinspeople. But all those 

 outside of his tribe are his enemies, and he acts 

 quite differently toward them. Acts which are 

 looked upon as bad when committed by a sav^age 

 against the members of his own tribe may be re- 

 garded as harmless or even commendable when 

 committed on those outside the tribe. Acts are 

 not judged by their natures or results, but as to 

 whether they are performed upon outsiders or 

 upon insiders. 



The Balantis (Africa) punish wdth death a 

 theft committed against a fellow-tribesman, but 

 encourage and reward thieving from other tribes. 



The Afridi (Afghanistan) mother prays that 

 her son may be a successful robber — not a robber 

 of her o^\Ti people but of other peoples — and in 

 order that he may become skilled in crime teaches 

 him to creep stealthily thru a hole in the wall. 



In his dealings with the other members of his 

 tribe the savage observes a certain code of morals. 



