_ 4 Memorials of the Empire of Japon in the XVI. and XVII. Centuries_, edited by T. Rundall (Hakluyt Society, London, 1850), pp. 14, 141; B. Varenius, _Descriptio regni Japoniae et Siam_ (Cambridge, 1673), p. 11; Caron, “Account of Japan,” in John Pinkerton’s _Voyages and Travels_ (London, 1808-1814), vii. 613; Kaempfer, “History of Japan,” in _id._ vii. 716. 5 W. Ellis, _Polynesian Researches_, Second Edition (London, 1832-1836), iii. 102 _sq._; Captain James Wilson, _Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean_ (London, 1799), p. 329. 6 A. Bastian, _Der Mensch in der Geschichte_ (Leipsic, 1860), iii. 81. 7 Athenaeus, xii. 8, p. 514 c. _ 8 The Voiages and Travels of John Struys_ (London, 1684), p. 30. 9 Rev. J. Roscoe, “Further Notes on the Manners and Customs of the Baganda,” _Journal of the Anthropological Institute_, xxxii. (1902) pp. 62, 67; _id._, _The Baganda_ (London, 1911), pp. 154 _sq._ Compare L. Decle, _Three Years in Savage Africa_ (London, 1898), p. 445 note: “Before horses had been introduced into Uganda the king and his mother never walked, but always went about perched astride the shoulders of a slave—a most ludicrous sight. In this way they often travelled hundreds of miles.” The use both of horses and of chariots by royal personages may often have been intended to prevent their sacred feet from touching the ground. 10 E. Torday et T. A. Joyce, _Les Bushongo_ (Brussels, 1910), p. 61. 11 Northcote W. Thomas, _Anthropological Report on the Ibo-speaking Peoples of Nigeria_ (London, 1913), i. 57 _sq._ _ 12 Satapatha Brâhmana_, translated by Julius Eggeling, Part iii. (Oxford, 1894) pp. 81, 91, 92, 102, 128 _sq._ (_Sacred Books of the East_, vol. xli.). M4 Certain persons on certain occasions forbidden to touch the ground with their feet. 13 A. W. Nieuwenhuis, _Quer durch Borneo_ (Leyden, 1904-1907), i. 172. 14 Letter of Missionary Krick, in _Annales de la Propagation de la Foi_, xxvi. (1854) pp. 86-88. 15 Pechuel-Loesche, “Indiscretes aus Loango,” _Zeitschrift für Ethnologie_, x. (1878) pp. 29 _sq._ 16 Edgar Thurston, _Ethnographic Notes in Southern India_ (Madras, 1906), p. 70. 17 M. C. Schadee, “Het familieleven en familierecht der Dajaks van Landak en Tajan,” _Bijdragen tot de Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië_, lxiii. (1910) p. 433. 18 James Adair, _History of the American Indians_ (London, 1775), p. 382; _Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner_ (London, 1830), p. 123. As to the taboos to which warriors are subject see _Taboo and the Perils of the Soul_, pp. 157 _sqq._ 19 Etienne Aymonier, _Notes sur le Laos_ (Saigon, 1885), p. 26. _ 20 Die gestriegelte Rockenphilosophie_5 (Chemnitz, 1759), pp. 586 _sqq._