§ 2. _Not to see the Sun_, pp. 18-21.--Sacred persons not allowed to see the sun, 18-20; tabooed persons not allowed to see the sun, 20; certain persons forbidden to see fire, 20 _sq._; the story of Prince Sunless, 21. CHAPTER II.--THE SECLUSION OF GIRLS AT PUBERTY, Pp. 22-100 § 1. _Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in Africa_, pp. 22-32.--Girls at puberty forbidden to touch the ground and see the sun, 22; seclusion of girls at puberty among the Zulus and kindred tribes, 22; among the A-Kamba of British East Africa, 23; among the Baganda of Central Africa, 23 _sq._; among the tribes of the Tanganyika plateau, 24 _sq._; among the tribes of British Central Africa, 25 _sq._; abstinence from salt associated with a rule of chastity in many tribes, 26-28; seclusion of girls at puberty among the tribes about Lake Nyassa and on the Zambesi, 28 _sq._; among the Thonga of Delagoa Bay, 29 _sq._; among the Caffre tribes of South Africa, 30 _sq._; among the Bavili of the Lower Congo, 31 _sq._ § 2. _Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in New Ireland, New Guinea, and Indonesia_, pp. 32-36.--Seclusion of girls at puberty in New Ireland, 32-34; in New Guinea, Borneo, Ceram, and the Caroline Islands, 35 _sq._ § 3. _Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in the Torres Straits Islands and Northern Australia_, pp. 36-41.--Seclusion of girls at puberty in Mabuiag, Torres Straits, 36 _sq._; in Northern Australia, 37-39; in the islands of Torres Straits, 39-41. § 4. _Seclusion of Girls at Puberty among the Indians of North America_, pp. 41-55.--Seclusion of girls at puberty among the Indians of California, 41-43; among the Indians of Washington State, 43; among the Nootka Indians of Vancouver Island, 43 _sq._; among the Haida Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands, 44 _sq._; among the Tlingit Indians of Alaska, 45 _sq._; among the Tsetsaut and Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, 46 _sq._; among the Tinneh Indians of British Columbia, 47 _sq._; among the Tinneh Indians of Alaska, 48 _sq._; among the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, 49-52; among the Lillooet Indians of British Columbia, 52 _sq._; among the Shuswap Indians of British Columbia, 53 _sq._; among the Delaware and Cheyenne Indians, 54 _sq._; among the Esquimaux, 55 _sq._