The [Frontispiece] gives a pictorial representation of African mankind. Superstition reigning supreme, the most prominent figure is the fetish priest, with his idols at his feet, and holding up for adoration the sacred serpent. War is illustrated by the Kaffir chief in the foreground, the Bosjesman with his bow and poisoned arrows, and the Abyssinian chief behind him. The gluttony of the Negro race is exemplified by the sensual faces of the squatting men with their jars of porridge and fruit. The grace and beauty of the young female is shown by the Nubian girl and Shooa woman behind the Kaffir; while the hideousness of the old women is exemplified by the Negro woman above with her fetish. Slavery is illustrated by the slave caravan in the middle distance, and the pyramids speak of the interest attached to Africa by hundreds of centuries.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Page. | ||
|---|---|---|
| [1]. | Pictorial representation of African races | Frontispiece. |
| [2]. | Kaffir from childhood to age | 13 |
| [3]. | Old councillor and wives | 13 |
| [4]. | Kaffir cradle | 18 |
| [5]. | Young Kaffir armed | 21 |
| [6]. | Kaffir postman | 21 |
| [7]. | Unmarried Kaffir girls | 25 |
| [8]. | Old Kaffir women | 25 |
| [9]. | Kaffir ornaments—necklaces, belt, etc. | 33 |
| [10]. | Kaffir needles and sheaths | 33 |
| [11]. | Articles of costume | 33 |
| [12]. | Dolls representing the Kaffir dress | 33 |
| [13]. | Bracelets made of the hoof of the bluebok | 39 |
| [14]. | Apron of chief’s wife | 39 |
| [15]. | Ivory armlets | 39 |
| [16]. | Necklaces—beads and teeth | 39 |
| [17]. | Young Kaffir in full dress | 43 |
| [18]. | Girl in dancing dress | 43 |
| [19]. | Kaffir ornaments | 49 |
| [20]. | Dress and ornaments | 49 |
| [21]. | The Kaffirs at home | 57 |
| [22]. | Interior of a Kaffir hut | 63 |
| [23]. | A Kaffir kraal | 63 |
| [24]. | A Kaffir milking bowl | 67 |
| [25]. | A Kaffir beer bowl | 67 |
| [26]. | A Kaffir beer strainer | 67 |
| [27]. | A Kaffir water pipe | 67 |
| [28]. | Woman’s basket | 67 |
| [29]. | Kaffir cattle—training the horns | 73 |
| [30]. | Return of a Kaffir war party | 73 |
| [31]. | Procession of the bride | 83 |
| [32]. | Kaffir passing his mother-in-law | 88 |
| [33]. | Bridegroom on approval | 97 |
| [34]. | Kaffir at his forge | 97 |
| [35]. | Spoons for eating porridge | 103 |
| [36]. | Group of assagais | 103 |
| [37]. | Kaffir warriors skirmishing | 111 |
| [38]. | Muscular advocacy | 111 |
| [39]. | Goza, the Kaffir chief, in ordinary undress | 117 |
| [40]. | Goza in full war dress, with his councillors | 117 |
| [41]. | Panda’s review | 121 |
| [42]. | Hunting scene in Kaffirland | 121 |
| [43]. | Cooking elephant’s foot | 133 |
| [44]. | A Kaffir dinner party | 145 |
| [45]. | Soldiers lapping water | 145 |
| [46]. | A Kaffir harp | 155 |
| [47]. | Exterior of a Kaffir hut | 155 |
| [48]. | Spoon, ladle, skimmers | 155 |
| [49]. | A Kaffir water pipe | 155 |
| [50]. | A Kaffir fowl house | 155 |
| [51]. | Necklace made of human finger bones | 167 |
| [52]. | A remarkable gourd snuff-box | 167 |
| [53]. | Poor man’s pipe | 167 |
| [54]. | Kaffir gentlemen smoking | 167 |
| [55]. | The prophet’s school | 174 |
| [56]. | The prophet’s return | 174 |
| [57]. | Old Kaffir prophets | 177 |
| [58]. | The Kaffir prophetess at work | 188 |
| [59]. | Unfavorable prophecy | 188 |
| [60]. | Preserved head | 203 |
| [61]. | Head of Mundurucú chief | 203 |
| [62]. | Burial of King Tchaka’s mother | 203 |
| [63]. | Dingan, the Kaffir monarch, at home | 209 |
| [64]. | Kaffir women quarrelling | 209 |
| [65]. | Hottentot girl | 219 |
| [66]. | Hottentot woman | 219 |
| [67]. | Hottentot young man | 223 |
| [68]. | Hottentot in full dress | 223 |
| [69]. | Hottentot kraal | 229 |
| [70]. | Card playing by Hottentots | 237 |
| [71]. | Bosjesman shooting cattle | 237 |
| [72]. | Grapple plant | 247 |
| [73]. | Bosjesman woman and child | 247 |
| [74]. | Hottentots asleep | 247 |
| [75]. | Bosjesman quiver | 247 |
| [76]. | Frontlet of Hottentot girl | 247 |
| [77]. | Poison grub | 259 |
| [78]. | Portrait of Koranna chief | 271 |
| [79]. | Namaquas shooting at the storm | 271 |
| [80]. | Knife and assagai heads | 281 |
| [81]. | Bechuana knives | 281 |
| [82]. | A Bechuana apron | 281 |
| [83]. | Ornament made of monkeys’ teeth | 281 |
| [84]. | Bechuana parliament | 287 |
| [85]. | Female architects among the Bechuanas | 287 |
| [86]. | Magic dice of the Bechuanas | 292 |
| [87]. | Spartan practices among the Bechuanas | 294 |
| [88]. | The girl’s ordeal among the Bechuanas | 294 |
| [89]. | Plan of Bechuana house | 299 |
| [90]. | Bechuana funeral | 302 |
| [91]. | Grave and monument of Damara chief | 302 |
| [92]. | Damara warrior and wife | 308 |
| [93]. | Damara girl resting | 308 |
| [94]. | Portrait of Ovambo girl | 317 |
| [95]. | Ovambo women pounding corn | 317 |
| [96]. | Ovambo houses | 329 |
| [97]. | Makololo house building | 329 |
| [98]. | Children’s games among the Makololo | 333 |
| [99]. | M’Bopo, a Makololo chief, at home | 333 |
| [100]. | Spearing the hippopotamus | 343 |
| [101]. | The final attack | 343 |
| [102]. | Boating scene on the Bo-tlet-le River | 351 |
| [103]. | Batoka salutation | 351 |
| [104]. | Batoka men | 357 |
| [105]. | Pelele, or lip ring, of the Manganjas | 357 |
| [106]. | Hippopotamus trap | 363 |
| [107]. | Axes of the Banyai | 363 |
| [108]. | The marimba, or African piano | 371 |
| [109]. | Singular headdress of the Balonda women | 371 |
| [110]. | Wagogo greediness | 387 |
| [111]. | Architecture of the Weezee | 387 |
| [112]. | A husband’s welcome among the Weezee | 391 |
| [113]. | Sultan Ukulima drinking pombé | 391 |
| [114]. | Harvest scene among the Wanyamuezi | 397 |
| [115]. | Salutation by the Watusi | 397 |
| [116]. | Rumanika’s private band | 404 |
| [117]. | Arrest of the queen | 412 |
| [118]. | Reception of a visitor by the Waganda | 417 |
| [119]. | The magician of Unyoro at work | 417 |
| [120]. | Wanyoro culprit in the shoe | 423 |
| [121]. | Group of Gani and Madi | 431 |
| [122]. | Removal of a village by Madi | 431 |
| [123]. | Group of the Kytch tribe | 437 |
| [124]. | Neam-Nam fighting | 437 |
| [125]. | Wooden chiefs of the Dôr | 449 |
| [126]. | Scalp-locks of the Djibbas | 449 |
| [127]. | Bracelets of the Djibbas | 449 |
| [128]. | Ornaments of the Djour | 449 |
| [129]. | Women’s knives | 449 |
| [130]. | A Nuehr helmet | 449 |
| [131]. | The Latooka victory | 457 |
| [132]. | Gorilla hunting by the Fans | 457 |
| [133]. | A Bari homestead | 465 |
| [134]. | Funeral dance of the Latookas | 465 |
| [135]. | The ceremony of M’paza | 478 |
| [136]. | Obongo market | 478 |
| [137]. | The giant dance of the Aponos | 486 |
| [138]. | Fishing scene among the Bakalai | 486 |
| [139]. | Ashira farewell | 499 |
| [140]. | Olenda’s salutation to an Ishogo chief | 499 |
| [141]. | A Camma dance | 508 |
| [142]. | Quengueza’s (chief of the Camma) walk | 508 |
| [143]. | The Camma fetish man ejecting a demon | 517 |
| [144]. | Olanga drinking mboundou | 517 |
| [145]. | Fate of the Shekiani wizard | 526 |
| [146]. | The Mpongwé coronation | 526 |
| [147]. | Attack on a Mpongwé village | 537 |
| [148]. | Bargaining for a wife by the Fanti | 537 |
| [149]. | The primeval child in Dahome | 552 |
| [150]. | Fetishes, male and female, of the Krumen | 552 |
| [151]. | Dahoman ivory trumpets | 558 |
| [152]. | Dahoman war drum | 558 |
| [153]. | War knives of the Fanti | 558 |
| [154]. | Fetish trumpet and drum | 558 |
| [155]. | Ashanti caboceer and soldiers | 564 |
| [156]. | Punishment of a snake killer | 564 |
| [157]. | “The bell comes” | 569 |
| [158]. | Dahoman amazons | 569 |
| [159]. | Amazon review | 576 |
| [160]. | The Dahoman king’s dance | 576 |
| [161]. | The basket sacrifice in Dahome | 583 |
| [162]. | Head worship in Dahome | 595 |
| [163]. | The attack on Abeokuta | 595 |
| [164]. | The Alaké’s (king of the Egbas) court | 605 |
| [165]. | Mumbo Jumbo | 605 |
| [166]. | A Bubé marriage | 612 |
| [167]. | Kanemboo man and woman | 612 |
| [168]. | Washing day in Abyssinia | 617 |
| [169]. | A Congo coronation | 617 |
| [170]. | Ju-ju execution | 619 |
| [171]. | Shooa women | 631 |
| [172]. | Tuaricks and Tibboos | 631 |
| [173]. | Begharmi lancers | 638 |
| [174]. | Musgu chief | 638 |
| [175]. | Dinner party in Abyssinia | 643 |
| [176]. | Abyssinian heads | 643 |
| [177]. | King Theodore and the lions | 652 |
| [178]. | Pleaders in the courts | 652 |
| [179]. | A battle between Abyssinians and Gallas | 662 |
| [180]. | Interior of an Abyssinian house | 662 |
| [181]. | Buffalo dance in Abyssinia | 670 |
| [182]. | Bedouin camp | 670 |
| [183]. | Hunting the hippopotamus | 679 |
| [184]. | Travellers and the mirage | 679 |
| [185]. | Travelling in Madagascar | 692 |
| [186]. | Australian man and woman | 698 |
| [187]. | Women and old man of Lower Murray | 698 |
| [188]. | Hunter and his day’s provision | 707 |
| [189]. | The sea-grass cloak | 707 |
| [190]. | Bee hunting | 716 |
| [191]. | Australian cooking a snake | 716 |
| [192]. | Australian tomahawks | 722 |
| [193]. | Australian clubs | 722 |
| [194]. | Australian saw | 722 |
| [195]. | Tattooing chisels | 722 |
| [196]. | Man of Torres Strait | 722 |
| [197]. | Basket—South Australia | 722 |
| [198]. | Heads of Australian spears | 731 |
| [199]. | Throw-sticks of the Australians | 731 |
| [200]. | Boomerangs of the Australians | 731 |
| [201]. | Spearing the kangaroo | 739 |
| [202]. | Catching the cormorant | 739 |
| [203]. | Australian shields | 742 |
| [204]. | The kuri dance | 749 |
| [205]. | Palti dance, or corrobboree | 749 |
| [206]. | An Australian feast | 759 |
| [207]. | Australian mothers | 759 |
| [208]. | Mintalta, a Nauo man | 765 |
| [209]. | Young man and boy of South Australia | 765 |
| [210]. | Hut for cure of disease | 765 |
| [211]. | Tomb of skulls | 765 |
| 212. | Tree tomb of Australia | 775 |
| 213. | Smoking bodies of slain warriors | 775 |
| 214. | Carved feather box | 775 |
| 215. | Australian widows and their caps | 781 |
| 216. | Cave with native drawings | 781 |
| 217. | Winter huts in Australia | 787 |
| 218. | A summer encampment | 787 |
| 219. | New Zealander from childhood to age | 794 |
| 220. | Woman and boy of New Zealand | 803 |
| 221. | A tattooed chief and his wife | 803 |
| 222. | Maori women making mats | 809 |
| 223. | The Tangi | 809 |
| 224. | Parátene Maioha in his state war cloak | 820 |
| 225. | The chiefs daughter | 820 |
| 226. | Hongi-hongi, chief of Waipa | 820 |
| 227. | Maories preparing for a feast | 831 |
| 228. | Maori chiefs’ storehouses | 831 |
| 229. | Cannibal cookhouse | 835 |
| 230. | Maori pah | 835 |
| 231. | Green jade ornaments | 841 |
| 232. | Maori weapons | 841 |
| 233. | Wooden and bone merais | 841 |
| 234. | Maori war dance | 847 |
| 235. | Te Ohu, a native priest | 860 |
| 236. | A tiki at Raroera pah | 860 |
| 237. | Tiki from Whakapokoko | 860 |
| 238. | Mourning over a dead chief | 872 |
| 239. | Tomb of E’ Toki | 872 |
| 240. | Rangihaeta’s war house | 877 |
| 241. | Interior of a pah or village | 877 |
| 242. | Maori paddles | 881 |
| 243. | Green jade adze and chisel | 881 |
| 244. | Common stone adze | 881 |
| 245. | A Maori toko-toko | 881 |
| 246. | New Caledonians defending their coast | 893 |
| 247. | Andamaners cooking a pig | 893 |
| 248. | A scene in the Nicobar Islands | 903 |
| 249. | The Outanatas and their weapons | 903 |
| 250. | The monkey men of Dourga Strait | 909 |
| 251. | Canoes of New Guinea | 909 |
| 252. | Huts of New Guinea | 916 |
| 253. | Dance by torchlight in New Guinea | 916 |
| 254. | The ambassador’s message | 924 |
| 255. | The canoe in a breeze | 924 |
| 256. | Presentation of the canoe | 937 |
| 257. | A Fijian feast | 943 |
| 258. | The fate of the boaster | 943 |
| 259. | Fijian idol | 949 |
| 260. | The orator’s flapper | 949 |
| 261. | Fijian spear | 949 |
| 262. | Fijian clubs | 949 |
| 263. | A Fijian wedding | 957 |
| 264. | House thatching by Fijians | 957 |
| 265. | A Buré, or temple, in Fiji | 963 |
| 266. | View in Makira harbor | 963 |
| 267. | Man and woman of Vaté | 973 |
| 268. | Woman and child of Vanikoro | 973 |
| 269. | Daughter of Tongan chief | 973 |
| 270. | Burial of a living king | 980 |
| 271. | Interior of a Tongan house | 980 |
| 272. | The kava party in Tonga | 988 |
| 273. | Tongan plantation | 991 |
| 274. | Ceremony of inachi | 991 |
| 275. | The tow-tow | 999 |
| 276. | Consulting a priest | 999 |
| 277. | Tattooing day in Samoa | 1012 |
| 278. | Cloth making by Samoan women | 1012 |
| 279. | Samoan club | 1018 |
| 280. | Armor of Samoan warrior | 1018 |
| 281. | Beautiful paddle of Hervey Islanders | 1018 |
| 282. | Ornamented adze magnified | 1018 |
| 283. | Spear of Hervey Islanders | 1018 |
| 284. | Shark tooth gauntlets | 1025 |
| 285. | Samoan warriors exchanging defiance | 1027 |
| 286. | Pigeon catching by Samoans | 1027 |
| 287. | Battle scene in Hervey Islands | 1035 |
| 288. | Village in Kingsmill Islands | 1035 |
| 289. | Shark tooth spear | 1041 |
| 290. | Shark’s jaw | 1041 |
| 291. | Swords of Kingsmill Islanders | 1041 |
| 292. | Tattooed chiefs of Marquesas | 1046 |
| 293. | Marquesan chief’s hand | 1046 |
| 294. | Neck ornament | 1046 |
| 295. | Marquesan chief in war dress | 1046 |
| 296. | The war dance of the Niuans | 1054 |
| 297. | Tahitans presenting the cloth | 1054 |
| 298. | Dressing the idols by Society Islanders | 1067 |
| 299. | The human sacrifice by Tahitans | 1077 |
| 300. | Corpse and chief mourner | 1077 |
| 301. | Tane, the Tahitan god, returning home | 1084 |
| 302. | Women and pet pig of Sandwich Islands | 1084 |
| 303. | Kamehameha’s exploit with spears | 1089 |
| 304. | Masked rowers | 1089 |
| 305. | Surf swimming by Sandwich Islanders | 1093 |
| 306. | Helmet of Sandwich Islanders | 1097 |
| 307. | Feather idol of Sandwich Islanders | 1097 |
| 308. | Wooden idol of Sandwich Islanders | 1097 |
| 309. | Romanzoff Islanders, man and woman | 1101 |
| 310. | Dyak warrior and dusum | 1101 |
| 311. | Investiture of the rupack | 1105 |
| 312. | Warrior’s dance among Pelew Islanders | 1105 |
| 313. | Illinoan pirate and Saghai Dyak | 1113 |
| 314. | Dyak women | 1113 |
| 315. | Parang-latok of the Dyaks | 1122 |
| 316. | Sumpitans of the Dyaks | 1122 |
| 317. | Parang-ihlang of the Dyaks | 1122 |
| 318. | The kris, or dagger, of the Dyaks | 1129 |
| 319. | Shields of Dyak soldiers | 1129 |
| 320. | A parang with charms | 1129 |
| 321. | A Dyak spear | 1129 |
| 322. | Canoe fight of the Dyaks | 1139 |
| 323. | A Dyak wedding | 1139 |
| 324. | A Dyak feast | 1147 |
| 325. | A Bornean adze axe | 1152 |
| 326. | A Dyak village | 1153 |
| 327. | A Dyak house | 1153 |
| 328. | Fuegian man and woman | 1163 |
| 329. | Patagonian man and woman | 1163 |
| 330. | A Fuegian settlement | 1169 |
| 331. | Fuegians shifting quarters | 1169 |
| 332. | Araucanian stirrups and spur | 1175 |
| 333. | Araucanian lassos | 1175 |
| 334. | Patagonian bolas | 1175 |
| 335. | Spanish bit and Patagonian fittings | 1175 |
| 336. | Patagonians hunting game | 1180 |
| 337. | Patagonian village | 1187 |
| 338. | Patagonian burial ground | 1187 |
| 339. | A Mapuché family | 1201 |
| 340. | Araucanian marriage | 1201 |
| 341. | Mapuché medicine | 1207 |
| 342. | Mapuché funeral | 1207 |
| 343. | The macana club | 1212 |
| 344. | Guianan arrows and tube | 1214 |
| 345. | Gran Chaco Indians on the move | 1218 |
| 346. | The ordeal of the “gloves” | 1218 |
| 347. | Guianan blow guns | 1225 |
| 348. | Guianan blow-gun arrow | 1225 |
| 349. | Guianan winged arrows | 1225 |
| 350. | Guianan cotton basket | 1225 |
| 351. | Guianan quiver | 1225 |
| 352. | Guianan arrows rolled around stick | 1225 |
| 353. | Guianan arrows strung | 1225 |
| 354. | Feathered arrows of the Macoushies | 1231 |
| 355. | Cassava dish of the Macoushies | 1231 |
| 356. | Guianan quake | 1231 |
| 357. | Arrow heads of the Macoushies | 1231 |
| 358. | Guianan turtle arrow | 1231 |
| 359. | Guianan quiver for arrow heads | 1231 |
| 360. | Feather apron of the Mundurucús | 1231 |
| 361. | Head-dresses of the Macoushies | 1238 |
| 362. | Guianan clubs | 1238 |
| 363. | Guianan cradle | 1238 |
| 364. | A Warau house | 1244 |
| 365. | Lake dwellers of the Orinoco | 1244 |
| 366. | Guianan tipiti and bowl | 1249 |
| 367. | Guianan twin bottles | 1249 |
| 368. | Feather apron of the Caribs | 1249 |
| 369. | Bead apron of the Guianans | 1249 |
| 370. | The spathe of the Waraus | 1249 |
| 371. | The Maquarri dance | 1260 |
| 372. | Shield wrestling of the Waraus | 1260 |
| 373. | Jaguar bone flute of the Caribs | 1265 |
| 374. | Rattle of the Guianans | 1265 |
| 375. | Mexican stirrups | 1265 |
| 376. | Iron and stone tomahawks | 1265 |
| 377. | Indian shield and clubs | 1265 |
| 378. | Mandan chief Mah-to-toh-pa and wife | 1277 |
| 379. | A Crow chief | 1284 |
| 380. | American Indians scalping | 1284 |
| 381. | Flint-headed arrow | 1290 |
| 382. | Camanchees riding | 1291 |
| 383. | “Smoking” horses | 1291 |
| 384. | Snow shoe | 1295 |
| 385. | Bison hunting scene | 1299 |
| 386. | Buffalo dance | 1299 |
| 387. | The Mandan ordeal | 1305 |
| 388. | The last race | 1305 |
| 389. | The medicine man at work | 1311 |
| 390. | The ball play of the Choctaws | 1311 |
| 391. | Indian pipes | 1315 |
| 392. | Ee-e-chin-che-a in war costume | 1318 |
| 393. | Grandson of a Blackfoot chief | 1318 |
| 394. | Pshan-shaw, a girl of the Riccarees | 1318 |
| 395. | Flat-head woman and child | 1319 |
| 396. | Indian canoe | 1322 |
| 397. | Snow shoe dance | 1322 |
| 398. | Dance to the medicine of the brave | 1322 |
| 399. | The canoe race | 1327 |
| 400. | Esquimaux dwellings | 1327 |
| 401. | Esquimaux harpoon head | 1337 |
| 402. | Burial of Blackbird, an Omaha chief | 1341 |
| 403. | Esquimaux spearing the walrus | 1341 |
| 404. | The kajak and its management | 1347 |
| 405. | Esquimaux sledge driving | 1347 |
| 406. | Wrist-guard of the Esquimaux | 1353 |
| 407. | Esquimaux fish-hooks | 1353 |
| 408. | Feathered arrows of Aht tribe | 1356 |
| 409. | Ingenious fish-hook of the Ahts | 1357 |
| 410. | Remarkable carved pipes of the Ahts | 1357 |
| 411. | Bow of the Ahts of Vancouver’s Island | 1357 |
| 412. | Beaver mask of the Aht tribe | 1357 |
| 413. | Singular head-dress of the Aht chiefs | 1357 |
| 414. | Decorated paddles of the Ahts | 1357 |
| 415. | Canoe of the Ahts | 1361 |
| 416. | Aht dance | 1367 |
| 417. | Initiation of a dog eater | 1367 |
| 418. | A Sowrah marriage | 1387 |
| 419. | A Meriah sacrifice | 1387 |
| 420. | Bows and quiver of Hindoos | 1394 |
| 421. | Ingenious ruse of Bheel robbers | 1397 |
| 422. | A Ghoorka attacked by a tiger | 1397 |
| 423. | A Ghoorka necklace | 1403 |
| 424. | A kookery of the Ghoorka tribe | 1403 |
| 425. | The chakra or quoit weapon | 1403 |
| 426. | Indian arms and armor | 1403 |
| 427. | Suit of armor inlaid with gold | 1406 |
| 428. | Chinese repeating crossbow | 1425 |
| 429. | Mutual assistance | 1427 |
| 430. | Chinese woman’s foot and shoe | 1428 |
| 431. | Mandarin and wife | 1437 |
| 432. | Various modes of torture | 1437 |
| 433. | Mouth organ | 1445 |
| 434. | Specimens of Chinese art | 1446 |
| 435. | Decapitation of Chinese criminal | 1451 |
| 436. | The street ballad-singer | 1451 |
| 437. | Japanese lady in a storm | 1454 |
| 438. | Japanese lady on horseback | 1455 |
| 439. | Capture of the truant husbands | 1464 |
| 440. | Candlestick and censers | 1465 |
| 441. | Suit of Japanese armor | 1469 |
| 442. | King S. S. P. M. Mongkut of Siam | 1469 |
| 443. | Portrait of celebrated Siamese actress | 1469 |
CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME I.
| Chap. | Page. | |
|---|---|---|
| KAFFIRS OF SOUTH AFRICA. | ||
| I. | Intellectual Character | [11] |
| II. | Course of Life | [17] |
| III. | Course of Life—Concluded | [20] |
| IV. | Masculine Dress and Ornaments | [28] |
| V. | Masculine Dress and Ornaments—Concluded | [36] |
| VI. | Feminine Dress and Ornaments | [48] |
| VII. | Architecture | [56] |
| VIII. | Cattle Keeping | [66] |
| IX. | Marriage | [75] |
| X. | Marriage—Concluded | [82] |
| XI. | War—Offensive Weapons | [92] |
| XII. | War—Defensive Weapons | [108] |
| XIII. | Hunting | [126] |
| XIV. | Agriculture | [138] |
| XV. | Food | [143] |
| XVI. | Social Characteristics | [159] |
| XVII. | Religion and Superstition | [169] |
| XVIII. | Religion and Superstition—Continued | [180] |
| XIX. | Superstition—Concluded | [192] |
| XX. | Funeral Rites | [200] |
| XXI. | Domestic Life | [206] |
| HOTTENTOTS. | ||
| XXII. | The Hottentot Races | [217] |
| XXIII. | Marriage, Language, Amusements | [232] |
| THE BOSJESMAN, OR BUSHMAN. | ||
| XXIV. | Appearance—Social Life | [242] |
| XXV. | Architecture—Weapons | [251] |
| XXVI. | Amusements | [262] |
| VARIOUS AFRICAN RACES. | ||
| XXVII. | Korannas and Namaquas | [269] |
| XXVIII. | The Bechuanas | [280] |
| XXIX. | The Bechuanas—Concluded | [291] |
| XXX. | The Damara Tribe | [304] |
| XXXI. | The Ovambo, or Ovampo | [315] |
| XXXII. | The Makololo Tribe | [324] |
| XXXIII. | The Bayeye and Makoba | [337] |
| XXXIV. | The Batoka and Manganja | [348] |
| XXXV. | The Banyai and Badema | [361] |
| XXXVI. | The Balondo, or Balonda, and Angolese | [369] |
| XXXVII. | Wagogo and Wanyamuezi | [384] |
| XXXVIII. | Karague | [399] |
| XXXIX. | The Watusi and Waganda | [408] |
| XL. | The Wanyoro | [422] |
| XLI. | Gani, Madi, Obbo, and Kytch | [429] |
| XLII. | The Neam-Nam, Dôr, and Djour tribes | [440] |
| XLIII. | The Latooka tribe | [453] |
| XLIV. | The Shir, Bari, Djibba, Nuehr, Dinka, and Shillook tribes | [461] |
| XLV. | The Ishogo, Ashango, and Obongo tribes | [475] |
| XLVI. | The Apono and Apingi | [484] |
| XLVII. | The Bakalai | [491] |
| XLVIII. | The Ashira | [496] |
| XLIX. | The Camma or Commi | [504] |
| L. | The Shekiani and Mpongwé | [521] |
| LI. | The Fans | [529] |
| LII. | The Fans—Concluded | [535] |
| LIII. | The Krumen and Fanti | [544] |
| LIV. | The Ashanti | [554] |
| LV. | Dahome | [561] |
| LVI. | Dahome—Continued | [573] |
| LVII. | Dahome—Concluded | [581] |
| LVIII. | The Egbas | [590] |
| LIX. | Bonny | [600] |
| LX. | The Man-dingoes | [607] |
| LXI. | The Bubes and Congoese | [610] |
| LXII. | Bornu | [620] |
| LXIII. | The Shooas, Tibboos, Tuaricks, Begharmis, and Musguese | [628] |
| LXIV. | Abyssinians | [641] |
| LXV. | Abyssinians—Continued | [649] |
| LXVI. | Abyssinians—Concluded | [658] |
| LXVII. | Nubians and Hamran Arabs | [673] |
| LXVIII. | Bedouins, Hassaniyehs, and Malagasy | [681] |
| AUSTRALIA. | ||
| LXIX. | Appearance and Character of Natives | [694] |
| LXX. | Dress—Food | [703] |
| LXXI. | Weapons | [719] |
| LXXII. | Weapons—Concluded | [727] |
| LXXIII. | War—Amusements | [744] |
| LXXIV. | Domestic Life | [755] |
| LXXV. | From Childhood to Manhood | [761] |
CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME II.
| Chap. | Page. | |
|---|---|---|
| LXXVI. | Medicine—Surgery—Disposal of Dead | 769 |
| LXXVII. | Dwellings—Canoes | 784 |
| NEW ZEALAND. | ||
| LXXVIII. | General Remarks | 792 |
| LXXIX. | Dress | 800 |
| LXXX. | Dress—Concluded | 807 |
| LXXXI. | Domestic Life | 816 |
| LXXXII. | Food and Cookery | 826 |
| LXXXIII. | War | 838 |
| LXXXIV. | Canoes | 852 |
| LXXXV. | Religion | 856 |
| LXXXVI. | The Tapu | 863 |
| LXXXVII. | Funeral Ceremonies—Architecture | 869 |
| NEW CALEDONIA. | ||
| LXXXVIII. | Appearance—Dress—Warfare | 883 |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. | ||
| LXXXIX. | Origin of Natives—Appearance—Character—Education | 888 |
| NEW GUINEA. | ||
| XC. | Papuans and Outanatas | 898 |
| XCI. | The Alfoërs or Haraforas | 905 |
| PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. | ||
| XCII. | The Ajitas or Ahitas | 919 |
| FIJI. | ||
| XCIII. | Appearance—Dress | 922 |
| XCIV. | Manufactures | 929 |
| XCV. | Government—Social Life | 934 |
| XCVI. | War—Amusements | 948 |
| XCVII. | Religion—Funeral Rites | 960 |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS AND NEW HEBRIDES. | ||
| XCVIII. | Character—Dress—Customs | 968 |
| TONGA. | ||
| XCIX. | Government—Gradations of Rank | 976 |
| C. | War and Ceremonies | 984 |
| CI. | Sickness—Burial—Games | 997 |
| SAMOA, OR NAVIGATOR’S ISLAND. | ||
| CII. | Appearance—Character—Dress | 1008 |
| CIII. | War | 1016 |
| CIV. | Amusements—Marriage—Architecture | 1028 |
| HERVEY AND KINGSMILL ISLANDS. | ||
| CV. | Appearance—Weapons—Government | 1032 |
| MARQUESAS ISLANDS. | ||
| CVI. | Dress—Amusements—War—Burial | 1044 |
| NIUE, OR SAVAGE ISLANDS. | ||
| CVII. | Origin—Costume—Laws—Burial | 1052 |
| SOCIETY ISLANDS. | ||
| CVIII. | Appearance—Dress—Social Customs | 1057 |
| CIX. | Religion | 1064 |
| CX. | History—War—Funerals—Legends | 1072 |
| SANDWICH ISLANDS. | ||
| CXI. | Climate—Dress—Ornaments—Women | 1081 |
| CXII. | War—Sport—Religion | 1088 |
| CAROLINE ARCHIPELAGO. | ||
| CXIII. | Dress—Architecture—Amusements—War | 1100 |
| BORNEO. | ||
| CXIV. | The Dyaks, Appearance and Dress | 1110 |
| CXV. | War | 1119 |
| CXVI. | War—Concluded | 1128 |
| CXVII. | Social Life | 1137 |
| CXVIII. | Architecture, Manufactures | 1149 |
| CXIX. | Religion—Omens—Funerals | 1157 |
| TIERRA DEL FUEGO. | ||
| CXX. | Appearance—Architecture—Manufactures | 1161 |
| PATAGONIANS. | ||
| CXXI. | Appearance—Weapons—Horsemanship | 1172 |
| CXXII. | Domestic Life | 1183 |
| ARAUCANIANS. | ||
| CXXIII. | Dress—Etiquette—Government | 1190 |
| CXXIV. | Domestic Life | 1196 |
| CXXV. | Games—Social Customs | 1204 |
| THE GRAN CHACO. | ||
| CXXVI. | Appearance—Weapons—Character | 1211 |
| THE MUNDURUCÚS. | ||
| CXXVII. | Manufactures—Social Customs | 1215 |
| THE TRIBES OF GUIANA. | ||
| CXXVIII. | Weapons | 1221 |
| CXXIX. | Weapons—Concluded | 1228 |
| CXXX. | War—Superstition | 1239 |
| CXXXI. | Architecture—Social Customs | 1245 |
| CXXXII. | Dress—Amusements | 1255 |
| CXXXIII. | Religion—Burial | 1263 |
| MEXICO. | ||
| CXXXIV. | History—Religion—Art | 1271 |
| NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. | ||
| CXXXV. | Government—Customs | 1273 |
| CXXXVI. | War | 1281 |
| CXXXVII. | Hunting—Amusements | 1293 |
| CXXXVIII. | Religion—Superstition | 1301 |
| CXXXIX. | Social Life | 1316 |
| ESQUIMAUX. | ||
| CXL. | Appearance—Dress—Manners | 1333 |
| CXLI. | Hunting—Religion—Burial | 1338 |
| VANCOUVER’S ISLAND. | ||
| CXLII. | The Ahts, and Neighboring Tribes | 1354 |
| CXLIII. | Canoes—Feasts—Dances | 1362 |
| CXLIV. | Architecture—Religion—Disposal of Dead | 1369 |
| ALASKA. | ||
| CXLV. | Malemutes—Ingeletes—Co-yukons | 1374 |
| SIBERIA. | ||
| CXLVI. | The Tchuktchi—Jakuts—Tungusi | 1377 |
| CXLVII. | The Samoïedes—Ostiaks | 1381 |
| INDIA. | ||
| CXLVIII. | The Sowrahs and Khonds | 1385 |
| CXLIX. | Weapons | 1395 |
| CL. | Sacrificial Religion | 1407 |
| CLI. | The Indians, with relation to Animals | 1416 |
| TARTARY. | ||
| CLII. | The Mantchu Tartars | 1422 |
| CHINA. | ||
| CLIII. | Appearance—Dress—Food | 1426 |
| CLIV. | Warfare | 1433 |
| CLV. | Social Characteristics | 1441 |
| JAPAN. | ||
| CLVI. | Dress—Art—Amusements | 1449 |
| CLVII. | Miscellaneous Customs | 1458 |
| SIAM. | ||
| CLVIII. | Government—Dress—Religion | 1467 |
| ANCIENT EUROPE. | ||
| CLIX. | The Swiss Lake-Dwellers | 1473 |
| CENTRAL AFRICA. | ||
| CLX. | The Makondé | 1475 |
| CLXI. | The Waiyau | 1478 |
| CLXII. | The Babisa and Babemba | 1482 |
| CLXIII. | The Manyuema | 1487 |
| CLXIV. | The Manyuema—Concluded | 1492 |
| CLXV. | Unyamwezi | 1496 |
| CLXVI. | Uvinza and Uhha | 1500 |
| CLXVII. | The Monbuttoo | 1503 |
| CLXVIII. | The Pygmies | 1508 |
| CLXIX. | General Characteristics of African Tribes | 1511 |
| CLXX. | The African Slave Trade | 1515 |
| CENTRAL ASIA. | ||
| CLXXI. | The Kakhyens | 1520 |
CHAPTER I.
THE KAFFIR, OR ZINGIAN TRIBES, AND THEIR PHYSICAL PECULIARITIES — ORIGIN OF THE NAME — THEORIES AS TO THEIR PRESENCE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA — THE CHIEF TRIBES AND THEIR LOCALITIES — THE ZULUS AND THEIR APPEARANCE — THEIR COMPLEXION AND IDEAS OF BEAUTY — POINTS OF SIMILITUDE AND CONTRAST BETWEEN THE KAFFIR AND THE NEGRO — MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KAFFIR — HIS WANT OF CARE FOR THE FUTURE, AND REASONS FOR IT — CONTROVERSIAL POWERS OF THE KAFFIR — THE SOCRATIC MODE OF ARGUMENT — THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA — LOVE OF A KAFFIR FOR ARGUMENT — HIS MENTAL TRAINING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES — PARTHIAN MODE OF ARGUING — PLACABLE NATURE OF THE KAFFIR — HIS SENSE OF SELF-RESPECT — FONDNESS FOR A PRACTICAL JOKE — THE WOMAN AND THE MELON — HOSPITALITY OF THE KAFFIRS — THEIR DOMESTICATED NATURE AND FONDNESS FOR CHILDREN — THEIR HATRED OF SOLITUDE.
Over the whole of the Southern portion of the great Continent of Africa is spread a remarkable and interesting race of mankind. Though divided into numerous tribes, and differing in appearance, manners, and customs, they are evidently cast in the same mould, and belong to the same group of the human race. They are dark, but not so black as the true negro of the West. Their hair is crisp, short, and curled, but not so woolly as that of the negro; their lips, though large when compared with those of Europeans, are small when compared to those of the negro. The form is finely modelled, the stature tall, the limbs straight, the forehead high, the expression intelligent; and, altogether, this group of mankind affords as fine examples of the human form as can be found anywhere on the earth.