CHAP. PAGE INTRODUCTION vii I. THE TRANSITION 1 II. THE AGE OF MYTH 4 III. THE AGE OF HISTORY 21 IV. CONSTITUTION OF SOCIETY 56 V. WARFARE 85 VI. CANNIBALISM 102 VII. RELIGION 111 VIII. POLYGAMY 172 IX. FAMILY LIFE 175 X. THE MARRIAGE SYSTEM 182 XI. CUSTOMS AT BIRTH 206 XII. CIRCUMCISION AND TATTOOING 216 XIII. THE PRACTICE OF PROCURING ABORTION. 221 XIV. THE INSOUCIANCE OF NATIVE RACES 228 XV. SEXUAL MORALITY 233 XVI. EPIDEMIC DISEASES 243 XVII. LEPROSY (_VUKAVUKA_ OR _SAKUKA_) 255 XVIII. YAWS (_THOKO_) 270 XIX. TUBERCULOSIS 277 XX. TRADE 280 XXI. NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP 290 XXII. PHYSICAL POWERS 297 XXIII. ATTITUDES AND MOVEMENTS 299 XXIV. TRAITS OF CHARACTER 304 XXV. SWIMMING 316 XXVI. FISHING 320 XXVII. GAMES 328 XXVIII. FOOD 334 XXIX. YANKONA (_KAVA_) 341 XXX. TOBACCO 352 XXXI. THE TENURE OF LAND 354 XXXII. CONCLUSION 387 INDEX 391 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS BREADFRUIT _Frontispiece_