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Further Remarks on Tattooing. 
By J. Park Harrison, Esq., M.A. 
Information is required under this head to supply data for 
ascertaining the meaning of tattooing and painting patterns or 
signs on the body, and to assist in tracing the early migrations 
of races. 
The following examples have been selected as suggesting 
points for inquiry. 
In India lines are painted on either side the mouth of native 
women. In Fiji their only tattoo-marks are at the corners of 
the mouth ; and in Easter Island, in the South Pacific, the fleshy 
parts of their lips used to be tattooed. This is distinctive of 
marriage amongst the Ainos, where the custom still prevails. 
In Birmah and Laos, as well as Samoa and Easter Island, 
it was the practice a short time ago to tattoo the body from the 
navel to the knee. The marks may be often concealed by the 
dress, as in the case of the king of Birmah (Crawford). It is 
desirable, therefore, that travellers should inquire when amongst 
semicivilized peoples whether they have tattoo-marks beneath 
their robes, more especially in Arabia and Northern and North¬ 
western Asia, where it is known that the custom of tattooing 
once prevailed. 
The following are some further particulars regarding which 
information is required. 
34. Are marks or patterns found more commonly on the face, 
chest, shoulders, arms, stomach, thighs, or back p 35. In the 
case of women, are there any patterns about the mouth, breasts, 
or abdomen P 36. Or on the tip of the tongue, as observed by 
Captain Cook in the Sandwich Islands ? 37. Or under the arm- 
pit P 38. Does the custom appear to have prevailed from re¬ 
mote times ? 39. Or has it been adopted from some neigh¬ 
bouring race or people ? 40. Do any marks appear to be per¬ 
sonal, i. e. peculiar to or distinctive of the individual tattooed ? 
41. Do the marks appear to be in imitation of necklaces, arm- 
lets, or other articles of dress or ornament? 42. In the case 
of women, are any marks said to be tokens of marriage? 
43. Or in the case of youths, of puberty or manhood ? 44. Do 
warriors tattoo or paint their faces &c. with the intention of ren¬ 
dering themselves terrible ? 45. Or are the patterns fetishes to 
paralyze the enemy? 46. Are they regarded as charms to 
