Victoria, aborigines of, 71 _sq._ ---- Nyanza, Lake, 78 _Voyages to the South Seas_, 173 Wagogo, the, of German East Africa, 92, 106 Wakelbura tribe of Queensland, 72 Wallace, A. R., quoted, 27, 70 Wanigela River, 125 Wanika, the, of East Africa, 38 War, a sacred duty, 129; wives expected to be faithful during their husbands’ absence at the, 106 _sq._ Warfare, mimic, conducted by women and children at home, 129 Washamba, the, of German East Africa, 106 Water ordeal, 107 Wawanga, the, of British East Africa, 123 Weeks, Rev. John H., 85 _n._ 1; quoted, 75 _sq._, 128 Welsh saying as to rain, 54 _n._ 2 West Indies, charms to protect property in the, 42 _sq._ Westermarck, Dr. Edward, 32, 56 White-shark taboo, 25 Widows and widowers, precautions taken by them against the ghosts of their spouses, 142 _sqq._ Wife of wife’s brother, ceremonial avoidance of, 80 Wife’s mother, ceremonial avoidance of, 75 _sqq._, 86 _sq._, 90 _sq._ Witches burned in England, 169 Women dying in pregnancy or childbed, fear of their ghosts, 133 _sqq._ Wotjobaluk tribe of Victoria, 74 Yabim, the, of German New Guinea, 127, 131 Yncas of Peru, superstitious veneration for the, 15 _sq._ Yucatan, Indians of, 83 Yuin tribe of New South Wales, 74 Zanzibar, 78 Zeus as guardian of landmarks, 37 Zulus, their ideas as to injurious effects of adultery, 107 _sq._ ENDNOTES Chapter I Notes [6.1] R. H. Codrington, D.D., _The Melanesians_ (Oxford, 1891), p. 46. Chapter II Notes [7.1] R. H. Codrington, _op. cit._ p. 52. [7.2] Basil Thomson, _The Fijians, a Study of the Decay of Custom_ (London, 1908), pp. 57-59, 64, 158. [8.1] Rev. Richard Taylor, _Te Ika A Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants_, Second Edition (London, 1870), pp. 352 _sq._; as to the _atuas_ or gods, see _ib._ pp. 134 _sqq._ [9.1] A. S. Thomson, M.D., _The Story of New Zealand_ (London, 1859), i. 95 _sq._ [9.2] Rev. W. Yate, _An Account of New Zealand_ (London, 1835), pp. 104 _sq._, note. [9.3] W. Brown, _New Zealand and its Aborigines_ (London, 1845), p. 76. Compare _Old New Zealand_, by a Pakeha Maori (London, 1884), pp. 96 _sq._ [10.1] Rev. R. Taylor, _op. cit._ p. 164. [10.2] Rev. R. Taylor, _op. cit._ pp. 164, 165. [10.3] W. Mariner, _Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands_, Second Edition (London, 1818), i. 141 _sq._ note, 434, note, ii. 82 _sq._, 222 _sq._ [10.4] W. Ellis, _Polynesian Researches_, Second Edition (London, 1832-1836), iii. 108. [11.1] W. Ellis, _op. cit._ iii. 101 _sq._; J. Wilson, _Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean_ (London, 1799), pp. 329 _sq._ [11.2] _Zeitschrift für allgemeine Erdkunde_ (Berlin), vi. (1856) pp. 398 _sq._; F. T. Valdez, _Six Years of a Traveller’s Life in Western Africa_ (London, 1861), ii. 251 _sq._ [11.3] W. W. Skeat, _Malay Magic_ (London, 1900), pp. 23 _sq._ [11.4] W. W. Skeat, _op. cit._ p. 36. [12.1] Hugh Low, _Sarawak_ (London, 1848), pp. 259 _sq._