CHAPTER II

[Domestic Life] 17

1. [Occupation]. 2. [Weights and Measures]. 3. [Villages]. 4. [Houses]. 5. [Furniture]. 6. [Implements]—Agricultural, Musical, Household. 7. [Manufactures]—Basket work, Pottery, Brass work, Iron work, Cloth manufacture, Dyeing, Ornamentation. 8. [Domestic animals]. 9. [Agriculture]. 10. [Hunting and fishing]. 11. [Food and drink]. 12. [Amusements]—Dances, Athletics, Games.

CHAPTER III

[Laws and Customs] 41

1. [Internal structure]—Formation and constitution of the Clan, Sub-division into Families and Branches. 2. [Tribal organisation]—The Chief, Village officials, Rights of chief, Boi, Sāl, &c. 3. [Marriage]—Bride-price, Divorce, Widow remarriage. 4. [Female chastity]. 5. [Inheritance]—Adoption. 6. [Offences regarding property]. 7. [Offences connected with the body]. 8. [Decisions of disputes]. 9. [War and head-hunting]—Ambushing, Raiding, First use of guns, Head-hunting.

CHAPTER IV

[Religion] 61

1. [General form of religious beliefs]—Pathian the Creator, Other spirits, The world beyond the grave, Re-incarnation. 2. [Ancestor worship]—Offerings to the dead, Possession by spirit of the dead. 3. [Worship of natural forces and deities]—Spirits of hill, vale, and stream, The Lāshi. 4. [Religious rites and ceremonies]—Definitions of terms used, Sacrifices, Epidemics, “Ai” sacrifice. 5. [Priesthood]. 6. [Ceremonies connected with childbirth]. 7. [Marriage ceremonies]. 8. [Funerals]—Description, Disposal of corpse of infants, Lukawng, Unnatural deaths. 9. [Festivals]—Connected with crops, “Thāngchhuah feasts,” “Buh-ai.”

CHAPTER V