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INDEX. 



North American Indians, boats of, 420. 

 burial customs 



of, 424. 



character of,4 17. 



community of 



character of 



different tribes 



412. 



dress of, 413. 



dwellings of, 



421. 



food of, 423. 



geographical 



distribution 

 of, 412. 



,, head - moulding 



practised by, 

 414. 

 implements of, 



419. 

 ornaments of, 



413. 



rapid disappear- 



ance, of, 418. 



scalping,univer- 



sal custom of, 

 418. 



treatment of 



womenby,416 



use of cradle- 



board by, 414. 



river valleys, popula- 



tion of, 228. 

 Norway, Phoenicians in, 46. 



reindeer in, 241. 

 Norwich Crag,remainsofaurochsin,242. 

 remains of Irish elk in, 



240. 



Numbers, limited knowledge of by Aus- 

 tralians, 354. 



,, limited knowledge of by Es- 

 quimaux, 410. 



Numeration, defective power of amongst 

 savage tribes, 466. 



0. 



Objects buried with the dead, 92. 

 Oise, valley of, geological formation, 290. 

 Oldfield, "Aborigines of Australia," 



cited, 348. 



on the use of boomerang, 352. 

 Ooloos, a flint implement of Esqui- 

 maux, 74. 



" Ora maritima," 37. 

 Orkney stone circles, modern uses of, 56. 

 Ornaments found in North American 



mounds, 206. 

 of Australians, 348. 



Ornaments of Esquimaux, 408. 



New Zealanders, 367. 



North American Indians, 



413. 



Paraguay Indians, 426. 

 Tahitians, 377. 

 , perforated, 444. 



Outrigger, use of by Andaman islanders, 



345. 



Australians, 349. 

 Feegeeans, 357. 

 Tahitians, 378. 



Owen 



Andaman Islanders, 345. 



cave-bear in pliocene deposits of 



Norfolk, 238. 

 reported remains of Irish elk in 



peat bogs, 240. 



Ox, uses of by savage tribes, 453. 

 Oxen, races of, in pile-dwellings, 148. 

 teeth of, in tumuli, 115. 



P. 



Packwerkbauten, 127. 

 Palaeolithic period, 2. 



no known interment 



of, 98. 



Pallas, geographical distribution of rein- 

 deer, 240. 

 Paraguay Indians, 425. 



food of, 425. 

 habits of, 426. 

 houses of, 126. 

 infanticide, practice 



of, 427. 



language of, 427. 

 no agriculture 

 amongst, 426. 

 no domestic ani- 



mals, 426. 

 religious notions of, 



427. 

 Parricide, custom of amongst Feegeeans, 



360. 

 Parry, habits of Esquimaux, 392, 395, 



404, 407, 410. 

 Passage graves, 88. 

 Patagonians, 427. 



bolas used by, 430. 

 burial customs of, 431. 

 dress of, 429. 

 food of, 430. 

 gigantic size of, 428. 

 huts of, 428. 



ignorance of pottery, 429. 

 religious notions of, 431. 

 weapons of, 430. 

 Peat deposits of Somme valley, remains 

 from, 306. 



