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exposures are considered indecent? 20. Is coarse conversation 
disapproved of between the sexes or with the young ? 
21. Does great licence prevail among unmarried or married ? 
22. Is drunkenness approved, tolerated, or condemned ? and 
how with reference to age and sex ? 23. Is drunkenness usual 
at public feasts ? 
24. Do any remarkable ceremonial customs prevail? 
25. Are old-fashioned customs used on State occasions? 
26. Are ancient habits observed at feasts, &c., such as old 
dishes and ways of cookery ? 27. Any special forms of 
address, healths, &c., at feasts ? 28. Any remarkable 
customs at funerals, festivals on birth of children, harvest 
festivals, family gatherings, &c. 
29. Are peculiar forms of language in use ? 30. Are 
certain words used or avoided in addressing certain people ? 
31. What forms of address are usual between common people, 
chiefs, kings ? 32. Are old-fashioned terms and expressions 
used ceremonially or officially ? 33. Are there other remark¬ 
able customs not otherwise classed ? (See also XXIX., 
Superstitions; XXVII., Religion; XXX., Magic; 
XXXVII., Taboo, &c.) 
E. B. T. 
No, XXXVI.-—GOVERNMENT. 
a. The Head of the Govermitent. —1. What is his title? 
2. How is he appointed ? 3. If by election, with whom does 
the election rest ? 4. If by succession, what are the limits of 
the succession ? 5. May females succeed ? 6. May minors ? 
7. Who will be his probable successor ? 8. What is the extent 
of his power? 9. How does he exercise it? 10. Are his 
people well affected to his rule? 11. How long has the 
present system of government been maintained? 12. Are 
there frequent revolutions ? and have they affected only the 
individual ruler, or extended to an alteration of the system ? 
