On the aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands / by Edward Horace Man. With report of researches into the language of the South Andaman Islands by A. J. Ellis.

  • Man, Edward Horace.
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[1932]
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    St. Andrew, St. John, R. F., 157. Stone Implements, 159-161. Storms, superstition anent, 85. Stoliczka (Dr. P.), xxv, 126, 153, 156, 161. Stratagems not used to decoy game, 143. Stratagems not employed in warfare, 135. String, how made, 163. String, 162-164. Suicide, 43. Sun regarded as fern., 92. ,, eclipse of, 85. Sun-dial, 117. Superstitions, 84-88. Surprise, how shown, 20. Suttee unknown, 73. Sweets, fondness for, 131. Swimming:, 47, 48, 167. Swinging, 166. Symes (Col.), 85, 95, 153. T Tabu, 133-135. Tamils, 59. Tangi, 79. Tanna, New Hebrides, 28. Tasmanians, 2, 9, 82. Taste, sense of, 23. Tattooing, 110, 111. „ coloured pigments not used, 113. „ legend of origin of, 102. ,, mode of execution, 112. „ tribal differences in regard to, 112. „ reason for. 111. ,, performed by women, 108, 111, 112. Teeth, general excellence of, 8, 18. Telugus, 59. Temple (Lieut. R. C.), 33, 55. Tears sign of happiness, 80, 172. Tears, dance of, 75. Thomson (Dr. Allen), 9, 77. Threefold constitution, belief in, 94 Thunder, how regarded, 85, 90. Throwing-competitions, 167. Tickell (Col.), 50, 131. Time, mode of reckoning, 116. Tid-bits, 122, 123. Tobacco-smoking, xix, 44. Topography, 30, 31. Trade, Exchangeable Values, &c., 118-120. Traders, malpractices of, xiv, 119. Training of animals, 121,122. Transmigration, past belief in, 93,122. Tribes linguistically distinguished, xxiv, 30, 51. Tribes, rumours of long-haired, 10. Tribal communities, 33-36 Tribal distribution, 30. Tribal marks, xxiv, 112. Turtle hunts, 144, 145. „ mode of killing, 131. „ -blood, mode of cooking, 131. „ eggs sometimes eaten raw, 129. „ not eaten during mourning, 74, 133. „ -fat esteemed a delicacy, 131. Twins, 13. Tylor (E. B.), 10, 96, 131. V Visual powers, 23. Voices, 8. Volcanoes, 31, 82. W Wallace (A. R.), 2. Warfare, 135, 136. Wax, 17, 29, 74, 86. Water, how boiled, 125. Weapons used in hunting, &c., 137. Wedding presents, 70. Weeping sign of joy, 80, 172. Weights and measures, 116. Weight of adults, 5, and Appendix C, 188-191. Whetstone, how made, 160. „ medium of exchange, 161. Widows, 71. Winds, names for, 118. Wood (Rev. J. Q-.), 67, 71. Women, duties of, 83, 108, 115. ,, mode of carrying loads by, 23, 115. Wounds, cure for, 19. Wounded foes, how treated, 135. World, belief respecting form of, 93. World, belief respecting end of, 86. Wrestling games, 167. Y Yams, how cooked, 126. „ legend of propagation of,. 102. „ when in season, 132. Yorubas, 68. Yide (Col. H.), 2, 82. Priritpcl by offset in Great Britain by Billing and Sons Lid., Guildford and Esher