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Are there any particular superstitions ? What fetishes or amulets are 
Used ? by whom are they made ? Are there any forms of divination, any 
Use of casting lots with cowries, ordeals by poison or otherwise ? 
Cannibalism, and motives for the same. 
Funeral rites. Belief in a future state. Deposit of objects with the 
dead, and whether deposited broken or whole, in or on the graves. 
IV. Arts and Manufactures . 
Mode of spinning and weaving; patterns and materials employed. 
Dyeing and nature of dyes. 
Any mode of preparing and working leather. 
Any knowledge of glass-making. If not acquainted with the manufac¬ 
ture of glass, do they melt down broken European glass and beads to make 
armlets and other ornaments ? 
Musical instruments: their forms, nature, and names. 
Knowledge of pottery and mode of manufacture. 
Use and manufacture of tobacco and other narcotics; forms of tobacco-* 
pipes; any ceremonies connected with smoking; use of snuff; snuff- 
bottles. 
Manufacture and trade in salt, wine, beer, or other liquors. 
Knowledge of simples and medical remedies, cupping, &c. 
Ivory and wood-carving. 
Metallurgy: working in the various metals, whether by a special class 
of people or tribes; implements used in smelting, <fcc. Where are the 
ores obtained ? 
Is there any knowledge of precious stones ? 
V. Personal Ornaments , Disfigurements , (fee. 
Are there any special marks made by tattooing or cicatrices to distill- 
guish the various tribes ? are they the same in both sexes ? Drawings 
of these marks would be very desirable, distinguishing each tribe. 
Are the teeth filed or knocked out ? If the former, into what shapes are 
they filed ? when is the filing effected ? and is it the same for both sexes ? 
Is antimony used for the eyelids? and how is it applied ? 
Are ear-ornaments worn by either sex ? are they pendent or inserted in 
the lobe ? Are there any nose or lip ornaments ? 
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