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No. LIL—TREATMENT OP WIDOWS. 
By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart. 
1. How are widows treated ? 2. Are they, or any of them, 
sacrificed at the husband’s grave ? or is this custom known to 
have existed in times past? 3. If not, do they pass to the 
husband’s brother, or to any one else P 4. Are they allowed to 
marry again ? 5. Do they retain any portion of the husband’s 
property ? 
No. LIII.—INFANTICIDE. 
By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart. 
1. Does infanticide prevail to any extent ? or is it known to 
have been practised in times past ? 2. If so, is it clandestine, 
or is it recognized by the law ? 3. Is any difference made be¬ 
tween male and female children ? 4. Are any, and if so, what 
reasons given for it? 5. Are there any special peculiarities 
which lead to the destruction of the infant ? 6. Are there any 
special customs with reference to twins ? 
No. LIV.—CAUSES THAT LIMIT POPULATION. 
By FKANCIS GALTON, Esq., F.E.S. 
If men or any other kind of animals were invariably mated 
early, and if their issue were always reared with care, the pro¬ 
duce would increase geometrically, and in no large number 
of generations would occupy every habitable space. But, as a 
fact, the number of inhabitants of most countries is very sta¬ 
tionary ;* what, then, are the causes which so exactly neutralize 
the tendency to increase ? 
These are best learnt by exhaustively working out the history 
of 20 or 30 families, finding out how many of their members 
married, and at what ages, what was their issue, how many of 
the children died, owing to what causes, and so forth, as stated 
