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ceremonies ? Does he take for his personal totem a whole 
species of animals or plants, &c. (as all eagles, all turtles) 
or only one individual of the species (as a particular 
eagle or turtle) ? 
24. Has each sex a totem ? that is, do all the men revere 
one kind of animal, plant, or other natural object, and do all 
the women revere another kind of animal, &c. ? what is 
supposed to happen if a man kills a woman’s totem, or 
vice versa f how do the men act towards the women in such 
a case, or the women to the men ? 
25. Have the subdivisions of the tribes and clans also 
totems ? if so, what is the relation of the totem of the 
subdivision to the totem of the clan or tribe ? what allegiance 
does a man owe respectively to the totem of his clan and the 
totem of his subdivision ? how do these totem subdivisions 
arise ? are their totems always different from those of the 
clan ? or does one of the subdivisions bear the same totem as 
the clan ? are the totems of the subdivisions sometimes parts 
of the clan totems ? thus, if a clan totem is the bear, will 
the totem of one subdivision be the bear’s head, that of 
another the bear’s foot, &c. ? 
26. Are there any traces of the transitions of totemism into 
a more advanced worship ? e.g., are there any gods wor¬ 
shipped in human form with the heads of animals, or in 
animal form with human heads, &c. ? are gods in human 
form supposed to have certain animals or plants specially 
connected with their worship ? do these animals or plants 
appear to have been once the totems of tribes or clans ? 
No. XLL—MUSIC. 
The music of every nation has certain characteristics of its 
own. The progressions of intervals, the modulations, em¬ 
bellishments, rhythmical effects, &c., occurring in the music 
of extra-European nations are not unfrequently too peculiar 
