[244] See § 23. Blood of men is sometimes drunk, simply to assuage thirst, or as a curative (Spencer and Gillen, Native Tribes of Central Australia, pp. 462, 464).
[245] Seligmann, The Melanesians of British New Guinea, Index, s.v. Art, decorative; Journal of American Folklore, vol. xviii, no. 69 (April, 1905).
[246] So the dress of the Jewish high priest (Ex. xxviii), that of the Lamas of Tibet (Abbé Huc, Travels in Tartary, Tibet and China, ii, chap. ii; Rhys Davids, Buddhism, p. 250), and costumes in some Christian bodies.
[247] Of the same nature is Jeremy Taylor's view (An Apology for authorized and set forms of Liturgy, Question 1, § 7 ff.) that, as earthly monarchs are not addressed in the language of everyday familiar intercourse, so it is not proper that the deity should be approached with other than choice and dignified words—public prayers should be carefully worded.
[248] Cf. A. C. Haddon, article "Art" in Hastings, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics.
[249] A. de Quatrefages, The Pygmies, p. 157.
[250] Seligmann, The Melanesians of British New Guinea, Index, s.v. Hunting.
[251] Batchelor, The Ainu (the hunting of the bear); and so many American tribes, and, in part, some half-civilized peoples, as the Arabs of North Africa.
[252] Teit, in Jesup North Pacific Expedition, ii, 280.
[253] Seligmann, The Melanesians of British New Guinea, p. 291 ff.