I do not for a moment suppose that the information here collected is exhaustive. If any one should be in a position to supplement or correct my facts or to enlighten me in any way as to the ideas and customs of the blacks I shall be obliged if he will tell me all he knows about them and their ways. Letters may be addressed to me c/o the Anthropological Institute, 3 Hanover Sq., W.

NORTHCOTE W. THOMAS.

Buntingford,
Sept. 11th, 1906.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
[PREFACE][vii]
[CONTENTS][ix]
[BIBLIOGRAPHY][xii]
[INDEX TO ABBREVIATIONS][xiv]

[CHAPTER I.]

INTRODUCTORY.

Social Organisation. Associations in the lower stages of culture. Consanguinity and Kinship. The Tribe. Kinship groups: totem kins; phratries Pages [1-11]