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has even found its way to European lands (Fig. 19). 

 Many sailors and soldiers have some emblem of 

 the girl they love tattoed on arms, chest, or other 

 part of the body. But it is 

 carried to a much greater 

 extent amongst primitive 

 people, and is often very 

 elaborately and skilfully 

 done. Sometimes the design 

 follows the lines and curves 

 of the body. All sorts of 

 fanciful designs are used, 

 some of which may possess 

 significance ; thus they may 

 represent the emblem or 

 totem of the tribe or caste. 

 A still more extreme method 

 of making permanent pat- 

 terns on the body is the pro- 

 duction of raised scars, a 

 method which would hardly 

 appeal to us, yet which is 

 frequently undergone by 

 primitive folk without a 

 murmur (Fig. 20). How 

 much people will suffer for 

 the sake of beauty ! 



People of all races love 

 to adorn themselves with 

 bright metals and precious 

 stones, the more the merrier; and these are used 

 even when very little clothing is worn. At the 

 initiation ceremonies girls are hung about with as 



FIG. 19. TATTOOING. 

 (After H. Floss.) 



