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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. Keligion ; XXX. Magic ; 
XXXVII. Taboo, &c.). 
E. B. T. 
No. XXXVI.—GOVERNMENT. 
a. The Bead of the Government .—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 ? 
