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26. Have they domestic gods ? if so, how are they arranged in 
the yurt or tent, and how carried about ? 27. What fuel is 
used ? 28. How are the animals killed ? are there any super¬ 
stitions in regard to the method of killing them ? 29. Are 
there any superstitions about using water for washing and 
other purposes, such as exist among the M ongols, who hold it 
sacred, and will not pollute it ? 30. Note especially any par¬ 
ticulars in which the tribe resembles some other tribe known 
to the inquirer, however distant. 31. How are the dead buried 
during the period of migration ? and what burial-customs are 
induced by the nomadic habits of the people ? 32. What arts 
are promoted, and what discouraged by nomadic life ? 33. 
What are the particular institutions and customs which owe 
their origin to the necessities of nomads ? 34. To what extent 
do cattle-lifting and the other concomitants of pastoral life 
promote war ? 35. What particular weapons, tools, or other 
implements or contrivances may be regarded as characteristic 
of nomads? 36. What sanitary arrangements are in force in 
their camps ? how are the latrines managed ? 37. What pre¬ 
cautions are taken to protect the animals from wild beasts? 
38. What is the nature of their dealings with the tribes met 
with on their journeys ? 39. What is the military organization 
induced by nomadic life ? and what is the nature of their tem¬ 
porary defences ? (See XLVII.) 40. Do they work in metals ? 
if so, describe the apparatus employed and the objects fabri¬ 
cated, and state whence the ores are procured. 41. Is the 
use of stone or bone implements in any case necessitated by 
nomadic life ? 42. Describe the mode of catching the animals, 
and driving and herding the flocks. Is the lasso used ? 43. 
How is wheat ground upon the line of march ? 44. Describe 
any temporary ovens and cooking-places employed. (See 
XXV.) 
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