[822]. See also Yrjö Hirn, Förstudier, pp. 89 f. Dismissing exceptions, he declares that “dancing in its widest sense is as universal as laughing and weeping.”
[823]. No dancing in Iceland, says Kerguelen, who visited there in 1767. See Pinkerton, Voyages and Travels, I. 751. Volumes of proof could be furnished for refuting this light-hearted assertion.
[824]. See Bastian, “Masken und Maskereien,” Zeitschr. f. Völkerpsych., XIV. 347.
[825]. Anthropologie der Naturvölker, VI. 78 ff.
[826]. Wallaschek, p. 189.
[827]. Letourneau, p. 28.
[828]. Work quoted, pp. 95 ff. He refers to Hartshorne, “The Weddas,” Indian Antiquary, VIII. 316 f.; E. Tennent, Ceylon, II. 437 ff.; and E. Schmidt, Globus, LXV. 15 f.
[829]. See above, p. [95]. It is interesting, however, particularly in connection with the idea of rhythm as the chief factor in the social process, that these Veddahs live mainly in pairs; “except on some extraordinary occasion they never assemble together,” and this dance is evidently their chief means to express a social union. See Bastian, Der Völkergedanke ..., p. 72.
[830]. See also the Brazilian dances noted by Lery, above, p. [312].
[831]. Béowulf, 631 ff., 2631 ff. The béot is the same thing; Battle of Maldon, 213.