In New Guinea, they place leaves upon the head of those they salute.
In the Straits of the Sound they raise the left foot of the person saluted, pass it gently over the right leg, and thence over the face.
The inhabitants of the Philippines bend very low, placing their hands on their cheeks, and raise one foot in the air, with the knee bent.
An Ethiopian takes the robe of another and ties it about him, so as to leave his friend almost naked.
The Japanese take off a slipper, and the people of Arracan their sandals, in the street, and their stockings in the house, when they salute.
Two Negro kings on the coast of Africa, salute by snapping the middle finger three times.
The inhabitants of Carmene, when they would show a particular attachment, breathe a vein, and present the blood to their friend as a beverage.
If the Chinese meet, after a long separation, they fall on their knees, bend their face to the earth two or three times, and use many other affected modes. They have also a kind of ritual, or “academy of compliments,” by which they regulate the number of bows, genuflections, and words to be spoken upon any occasion. Ambassadors practise these ceremonies forty days before they appear at court.
In Otaheite, they rub their noses together.