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fWI, 778). With the present-day Arawaks and Warraus, among 

 members of the same sex it is of common occurrence as proof of 

 friendship and affection not to exchange names, but for the younger 

 to adopt the name of the older one (Sect. 120). Tlic Island Caribs 

 have also in their driiikmg bouts or on occasions of pubhc rejoicing, 

 some one appomted to give them a new name, whom they address 

 after having drunk well. "I wash to be named. Name me!" one 

 will say, whereupon the other immediately satisfies him and is 

 rewarded with a present — a quartz-crystal, or other article (RoP, 

 552-3). 



266. With a view to their becoming good hunting dogs, the War- 

 raus name their canine friends after those animals which are knowni 

 to hunt well, as certain ants and bees which catch plenty of other 

 prey; after warribi-si (Sect. 88), a big wasp that lays its eggs in the 

 ground and brings various worms from the bush for its young, when 

 hatched, to feed on; after sakaro and buruma, two crabs which run 

 quickly and hunt well; after the giant anteater, the shark, and the 

 small wild dog (karisiri), all of these possessing undoubtedly good 

 hunting qualities. 



S66A. Sj)ecial words, or paraphrases, have to be used under par- 

 ticular circumstances; thus, in travelmg over water — river or sea — 

 the use of certain names otherwise emj)loyed in ordinary every-day 

 conversation, is absolutely forbichk'U (Sect. 19J,). On the Aiary River 

 (Rio Negro) the villages have secret names which are not mentioned 

 except luidcr pressure (KG, i, 1S4). There are some few words which 

 may be employed only according to the sex speaking, or spoken to. 

 Thus,amongthe Arawaks, to express the word "'surely" or "certainly" 

 a man will say tashi to a woman, but ta.de to a man, whereas a woman 

 will use the term tara when conversing with one of her ov\ti sex, but 

 tasM when talking to one of the opposite. "Oh, yes!" "So you say," 

 is similarly expressed by three words: hahid between woman and 

 woman, or woman and man, but dadai when a man addresses a 

 woman, and daido when he is talking to another man. The signifi- 

 cation of this distinction I have not been able to discover; it is not 

 connected, of course, with the use of different languages by the 

 opposite sexes, as was the case in the Lesser Antilles with the Carib 

 warriors and their Arawak wives. And, finaUy, with the mainland 

 Arawaks a particular plaintive intonation is used in inquiries after the 

 health or welfare of those who are ill or unfortunate ; and the tone is 

 always suited to the circumstances and situation of the part}' ad- 

 dressed (HiC, 248) 



