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more fully below. Sucb an inquiry will necessarily lead to a 
far more accurate knowledge of the social condition of the people 
than could otherwise be obtained, and is sure to yield indirectly, 
as well as directly, a valuable harvest of results. 
1. Conditions of Marriage.— At what ages do they marry ? 
how many do not marry at all P What are the restrictions which 
hinder persons from marrying as soon as they are inclined ? 
how as regards the frequency of polygamy or polyandry and the 
number of wives &c. P What is the proportion of male and 
female adults ? 
2. Separation of husband and wife. —Customs dependent on 
the institution of polygamy ; other circumstances which sepa¬ 
rate them periodically, or for long periods. 
3. Influences restrictive of fertility. —How long does the mother 
suckle her child ? At what ages does she begin and end child¬ 
bearing ? What is the proportion of children to a marriage ? 
What is the frequency of sterile women ? 
4. Loss of infant life. —Still-births, infanticide, and of what 
sex ? Death of child due to severe exertion of mother too soon 
after childbirth ? Do more children die at one time of the year 
than another ? and of what do they die—epidemics, other 
diseases, want, accidents, war ? What is the mortality at dif¬ 
ferent ages, as shown by the sizes of families whose parents are 
of different ages ? What is the proportion of aged men to aged 
women ? 
It is not sufficient to collect disjointed facts here and there ; 
the information ought to be full on every point, the materials 
well put together, and the conclusions fairly worked out. 
No. LV.—EDUCATION. 
Mode of training children $ aptitude for; effects of; absence 
of, &c. 
No. LVI.—INITIATORY CEREMONIES. 
Account of ; causes of. 
