[744] Compare above, [pp. 193], [194].

[745] Compare the passages above, [pp. 195], [196].

[746] Compare also the examples referred to in foregoing footnote.

[747] Howitt, Nat. Tr., pp. 748-750.

[748] Compare also the general reason given by Steinmetz for the prevalence of this indulgence among savage peoples. Zeitschr. für Sozialwissenschaft, Band i. pp. 254-285.

[749] See [pp. 191] sqq.

[750] Compare also the discussions above, [pp. 185] sqq.

[751] As mentioned above it is impossible to say how far such rules are legal, i. e. laid down and enforced by society.

[752] Curr states it to vary from eight to fourteen, at various places: Recollections, pp. 50, 129, A.R., i. p. 107; Meyer in Woods, p. 190, states it to be from ten to twelve; Schürmann in Woods, p. 222, at arriving at puberty; Fraser, p. 2, at a very young age; Eyre, ii. p. 319, at about twelve years of age; Br. Smyth, i. p. 77, very early; Spencer and Gillen at from fourteen to fifteen years of age (Nat. Tr., p. 92 and Nor. Tr., p. 134); Withnell, p. 8, at about twelve years of age; Parkhouse, A.A.A.S., vi. p. 641, at arriving at puberty; Grey, ii. pp. 229, 231, very early.

[753] Curr, Recollections, p. 129.