﻿XXXVIII 
  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  OP 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  

  

  ingand 
  shelter. 
  These 
  bounties 
  come 
  not 
  in 
  a 
  never-changing 
  

  

  stream, 
  but 
  are 
  apparently 
  fitful 
  and 
  capricious. 
  Seasons 
  of 
  

   plenty 
  are 
  accented 
  by 
  seasons 
  of 
  scarcity, 
  and 
  thus 
  prosperity 
  

   and 
  adversity 
  are 
  strangely 
  commingled 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  

   people. 
  To 
  secure 
  this 
  prosperity 
  and 
  avert 
  this 
  adversity 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  second 
  great 
  motive 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  

   the 
  superstitious 
  practices 
  of 
  the 
  people. 
  A 
  third 
  occasion 
  

   lor 
  tlie 
  development 
  of 
  this 
  primitive 
  religion 
  inheres 
  in 
  the 
  

   social 
  organization 
  of 
  mankind, 
  primarily 
  expressed 
  in 
  the 
  love 
  

   of 
  man 
  and 
  woman 
  for 
  each 
  other, 
  but 
  finally 
  expressed 
  in 
  

   all 
  the 
  relations 
  of 
  kin 
  and 
  kith 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  relations 
  of 
  tribe 
  

   with 
  tribe. 
  This 
  gives 
  rise 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  development 
  

   of 
  primitive 
  religion, 
  for 
  the 
  savage 
  man 
  seeks 
  to 
  discover 
  

   by 
  occult 
  agencies 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  controlling 
  the 
  love 
  and 
  good 
  

   will 
  of 
  his 
  kind 
  and 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  averting 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  en- 
  

   mity. 
  To 
  attain 
  these 
  ends 
  he 
  invents 
  a 
  vast 
  system 
  of 
  devices, 
  

   from 
  love 
  philters 
  to 
  war 
  dances. 
  A 
  fourth 
  region 
  of 
  exploit- 
  

   ation 
  in 
  the 
  realm 
  of 
  the 
  esoteric 
  relates 
  to 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  life 
  

   itself, 
  as 
  many 
  of 
  their 
  practices 
  are 
  designed 
  to 
  secure 
  perpe- 
  

   tuity 
  of 
  life 
  by 
  frequent 
  births 
  and 
  less 
  painful 
  throes. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  thus 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  life, 
  health, 
  prosperity, 
  and 
  peace 
  

   are 
  the 
  ends 
  sought 
  in 
  all 
  this 
  region 
  of 
  human 
  activity 
  as 
  

   they 
  are 
  presented 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  savage 
  life. 
  The 
  opinions 
  

   held 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  on 
  these 
  subjects 
  are 
  primarily 
  expressed 
  

   in 
  speech 
  and 
  organized 
  into 
  tales, 
  which 
  constitute 
  mythology, 
  

   and 
  they 
  are 
  expressed 
  in 
  acts, 
  as 
  ceremonies 
  and 
  observances, 
  

   which 
  constitute 
  their 
  religion, 
  their 
  medicine, 
  and 
  their 
  

   esthetic 
  arts. 
  These 
  arts 
  consist 
  of 
  sculpture 
  and 
  painting, 
  

   by 
  which 
  their 
  mythic 
  beings 
  are 
  represented, 
  and 
  they 
  also 
  

   consist 
  of 
  dancing, 
  by 
  which 
  religious 
  fervor 
  is 
  produced, 
  and 
  

   they 
  give 
  rise 
  to 
  music, 
  romance, 
  poetry, 
  and 
  drama, 
  Thus 
  it 
  

   is 
  that 
  the 
  esthetic 
  arts 
  have 
  their 
  origin 
  in 
  mythology. 
  The 
  

   epic 
  poem 
  and 
  the 
  symphony 
  are 
  lineal 
  descendants 
  of 
  the 
  

   dance, 
  and 
  the 
  dance 
  arises 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  form 
  of 
  worship, 
  born 
  

   of 
  the 
  mythic 
  conception 
  of 
  the 
  powers 
  of 
  nature. 
  

  

  