CONTENTS. XV 



Different uses of the dog Fire Different methods of burial Curious customs 

 Differences in prevalent sounds Different ideas of virtue Deification of white 

 men by savages Social position of women Savages and children Moral in- 

 feriority of savages Intellectual inferiority of savages Deficiencies in numera- 

 tion Absence of religion among many savage tribes Belief in witchcraft 

 General inferiority of Savages. 



CHAPTEE XIV. 



CONCLUDING REMARKS. 



The primitive condition of man Unity of the human race Natural selection 

 applied to man The influence of mind Increase of happiness indicated by 

 increase of numbers Sufferings of savages Self-inflicted sufferings The 

 blessings of civilisation The diminution of suffering The diminution of sin 

 The advantages of science The future. 



