[748] Georgi, loc. cit. p. 349.
[749] Lumholtz, loc. cit. p. 163.
[750] Giraud-Teulon, ‘Les origines du mariage et de la famille,’ p. 70.
[751] As a curious exception to this rule, Dr. Brehm (‘Bird-Life,’ p. 289) mentions a bereaved hen sparrow, who, though she had eggs to hatch and young to rear, would not take a second mate.
[752] Among the Kaniagmuts and Aleuts (Dall, loc. cit. p. 402), as also occasionally among other North American tribes, certain men were dressed and brought up like women, and never married; whereas, among the Eastern Eskimo, there are some women who refuse to accept husbands, preferring to adopt masculine manners, following the deer on the mountains, trapping and fishing for themselves (ibid., p. 139).
[753] Harmon, loc. cit. p. 339.
[754] Ashe, loc. cit. p. 250.
[755] Schoolcraft, loc. cit. vol. iii. p. 238.
[756] Adair, loc. cit. p. 187.
[757] ‘Science,’ vol. vii. p. 172.