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3. Sexual Life and Marriage. Sexual Life before Marriage 



— General Remarks about Marriage — Marriage m its 

 Individual Aspect; Marriage Ceremonies — Relations 

 between a Man and his AVife's Family as established 

 by Marriage — Essentials of the Marriage Contract ... 559 



4. Children and their Play. Birth and Infancy — Childhood 



and Initiation of Boys — Play and Games — Toy Boats 

 and Sailing Games of the Boys ... ... ... ••• 572 



5. Begulation of Fiihlic Life: Legal Institutions; Gora 



(Taboo). General Remarks — Rudimentary Measurers 

 corresponding to Criminal Law — Taboo (Gora) ... 576 



6. Warfare and Headhunting ... ... ... 588 



CHAPTER IV. 



Sec. Economics. 



1. Land and Gardens. Land Tenure — Garden Making — 



The Coconut and Betelnut — Use made of some Jungle 

 Plants 592 



2. Hunting 601 



3. Fishing 606 



4. Transport and Trade. Introductory Remarks — Descrip- 



tion of Native Canoes and of Native Sailing — Ownership 



of Canoes — Trading Expeditions ... ... ... ... 612 



5. Forms of Worh. General Remarks — Communal Labour 



— Sexual Division of Labour ... ... ... ... 629 



6. Fropcrty and Inheritance. Introductory Remarks — 



Communism — Native View of Economic Value — 

 Inheritance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 634 



7. Industries. Introductory Remarks — Pottery — Arm-shells 



and other Shell Ornaments — Baskets — Stone Imple- 

 ments — Cai*vings ... ... ... ... ... ... 640 



CHAPTER V. 



Sec. Magico-religious Activities and Beliefs. 



1. Dreadfxd Beings; Spirits; Sorcery. Fear of Darkness — 



Nature of the Dreaded Beings; the Bard'u — Spirits 



of the Dead^ — Karavcni; O'o ... ... ... ... 647 



2. Magic. Black Magic — AVhite Magic apportioned to 



Individuals — Magic of General Usage ... ... ... 654 



3. The Feast (Maduna). Sociological Importance of the 



Feast — Connection between the Feast and the Dance 

 performed at it — Changes in Village Life when the 

 Feast approaches — Series of Minor Feasts and Pre- 

 parations for a Gov'i Maduna — The Main Feast — Parts 

 played by Different Social Divisions in the Feast ... 664 



4. Death, Burial, and Mourning. General Remarks — The 



Mourners — The Mourning — Weeping for the Dead, and 

 Burial ; Mortuary Feast.s — After Life — Final Mortuary 

 Feast and Treatment of the Skull of the Deceased ... 685 



CHAPTER VI. 



Sec. Art and Knowledge. 



1. Art. Decorative Art — Dances and Songs ... ... ... 697 



2. Knowledge. Knowledge of Stars and Weather — Know- 



ledge of Disease and Doctoring ... ... ... ... 701 



