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Volume 1, 1868
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I. Physiological.

1. Individual.
1.

Colour.
2.

Height: shape.
3.

Physiognomy: head.
4.

Hair.
5.

Health: constitution: teeth.
6.

Sensorial faculties.
7.

Puberty: natural selection: number of children.
8.

Malformations: albinos.
9.

Diseases.
2. Social.
10.

Ordinary habits: of men: of women.
11.

Modes of obtaining subsistence:food plentiful.

(1).

Fishing.
(2).

Bird snaring, etc.
(3).

Cultivations.
(4).

Wild fruits and vegetable substances.
12.

Division of Labour.
13.

Architecture.
14.

Canoe-building.
15.

Manufactures—

(1).

Textile.
(2).

Implements of Agriculture and of War: tools and various vessels.
(3).

Stone Implements and Mechanical appliances.
16.

Ornaments: Musical Instruments: Carvings.
17.

Barter, etc.
18.

Ordinary Events—

(1).

Birth, etc.
(2).

Betrothal.
(3).

“Naming.”
(4).

Tattooing, etc.
(5).

Marriage.
(6).

Polygamy and Divorce.
(7).

Death: lamentations: burial.
(8).

Exhumation: cleaning of bones: desecration.
19.

Distinctions of Rank.

(1).

Free.
(2).

Slave.
20.

Property.

(1).

Private right.

(i).

Definite.
(ii).

Indefinite.
(iii).

Inheritance.
(iv).

Succession.
(v).

Usufructuary.
(vi).

Peculiar.
(2).

Common.
21.

Treatment of diseases: Surgery: Poisoning.
22.

Acquired habits.
23.

Drinks.
24.

Masticatories.
25.

Fondness for Children, and Pets.
26.

Games and Diversions.
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