[2568] Meiners, ‘Vergleichung des ältern und neuern Russlandes,’ vol. ii. pp. 167, et seq.
[2569] The wedding-ring was in use among the ancient Hindus (Haas, in Weber, ‘Indische Studien,’ vol. v. p. 299). According to Mr. Hooper (loc. cit. p. 390), it is also found among the Indians of James’s Bay.
[2570] Turner, ‘Samoa,’ p. 290.
[2571] Bock, ‘The Head-Hunters of Borneo,’ p. 222.
[2572] Forsyth, loc. cit. p. 150.
[2573] Heriot, loc. cit. p. 334.
[2574] Wilkes, loc. cit. vol. iii. p. 91.
[2575] Ibid., vol. iii. p. 92. This description, however, does not agree with those given by Williams and Erskine (see Waitz-Gerland, loc. cit. vol. vi. p. 632).
[2576] Ellis, ‘Polynesian Researches,’ vol. i. p. 271.
[2577] Wilkes, loc. cit. vol. v. p. 101.