XIV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER X. 



ON THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN Continued. 



Varieties of man represented on ancient Egyptian sculptures The vegetation 

 of Denmark The cone of the Tiniere The valley of the Thiele The valley of 

 the Nile Mr. Horner's Egyptian researches The age of the Mississippi delta 

 Geological changes in the Quaternary period The Wealden valley Time The 

 Engis skull The Neanderthal skull Markings on bones from the Pliocene beds 

 of St. Prest Miocene man. 



CHAPTER XL 



MODERN SAVAGES. 



Modern savages No evidence of degradation Hottentots : Dress ; houses ; 

 implements; methods of killing game; metallurgy; character Veddahs of Ceylon 

 Andaman Islanders Australians : Food ; clothing ; ornaments ; rafts ; imple- 

 ments ; hammers ; knives ; spears ; throwing-stick ; boomerang ; fire ; polygamy ; 

 superstition ; burial ; numbers Tasmanians Feegeeans : Food ; weapons ; 

 houses ; religion ; canoes ; pottery ; games ; agriculture ; women ; clothes ; 

 tattoo ; burial ; superstition ; cannibalism ; murder The Maories : Food ; dress ; 

 ornaments ; houses ; fortifications ; weapons ; canoes ; burial ; music ; character ; 

 religion; cannibalism Tahitians : Implements; fish-hooks; nets; baskets; 

 mats ; cloth ; dress ; ornaments ; houses ; canoes ; music ; furniture ; weapons ; 

 food; fire; cookery; ava; a chief's dinner; solitary meals; surgery; burial; 

 burial-places ; religion ; character The Tongans. 



CHAPTER XII. 



MODERN SAVAGES Continued. 



The Esquimaux : Dwellings ; cookery ; food ; fire ; implements ; weapons ; bows 

 and arrows ; spears ; harpoons ; modes of hunting and fishing ; sledges ; boats ; 

 the kajak and umiak ; dress ; ornaments ; music ; games ; religion ; burial ; 

 character North American Indians : Dress ; ornaments ; the practice of head- 

 moulding ; religion ; marriage ; character ; cruelty ; infanticide ; implements ; 

 weapons; canoes; fire; dwellings; agriculture; food; burial The Paraguay 

 Indians : Weapons ; huts ; habits ; religion ; infanticide Patagonians : Huts ; 

 dress ; weapons ; food ; burial ; religion Fuegians : Appearance ; food and habits ; 

 cannibalism ; absence of religion ; ignorance of pottery ; dress ; fire. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



MODERN SAVAGES Conclusion. 



The sHlfulness of savages Arrows Harpoons Needles Art Statues 

 Differences in the Stone age Different lines of civilisation Differences in wea- 

 pons Isolation of savages Independent inventions Differences in habits 



