The Study of ManG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898 - 410 páginas |
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Página 174
... boys will have their toy bows and arrows ; where the natives spear fish , boys and girls will have toy fishing - spears , with which they attempt to catch fish . They play with toy canoes , and so forth . Even when the adults . have ...
... boys will have their toy bows and arrows ; where the natives spear fish , boys and girls will have toy fishing - spears , with which they attempt to catch fish . They play with toy canoes , and so forth . Even when the adults . have ...
Página 176
... boys . There are other games which may be regarded as being more purely diversional in character , as , for example , cer- tain of the games of ball and numerous other simple amuse- ments . Many of these are played equally by adults and ...
... boys . There are other games which may be regarded as being more purely diversional in character , as , for example , cer- tain of the games of ball and numerous other simple amuse- ments . Many of these are played equally by adults and ...
Página 180
... boys and young men were about me , I thought to amuse them with some- thing new , and showed them how to make cat's cradle ' with a piece of string . Greatly to my surprise , they knew all about it , and more than I did , for , after I ...
... boys and young men were about me , I thought to amuse them with some- thing new , and showed them how to make cat's cradle ' with a piece of string . Greatly to my surprise , they knew all about it , and more than I did , for , after I ...
Página 182
... boy playing with a piece of string , the two ends of which were tied together , in much the same manner as our children play at cat's cradle . The first figure that he made with it was precisely the same as our " cradle , " but the ...
... boy playing with a piece of string , the two ends of which were tied together , in much the same manner as our children play at cat's cradle . The first figure that he made with it was precisely the same as our " cradle , " but the ...
Página 190
... boy , adding his name and the date of his birth . The inscription is written along the bamboo frame , so that it may not be readily seen by any one who might be tempted to pick up the kite . The boys tie a piece of sulphur paper on the ...
... boy , adding his name and the date of his birth . The inscription is written along the bamboo frame , so that it may not be readily seen by any one who might be tempted to pick up the kite . The boys tie a piece of sulphur paper on the ...
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A. C. Haddon ancient Anth anthropology Aryan Australian Badagas Beddoe Berber block-wheel blond boys brachycephalic Brahmans breadth bridge British Islands Broca brown bull-roarer called cat's cradle Celtic century cephalic index ceremonies character Charente chariot Collignon colour Corrèze cranial index craniology Creuse Culin custom dance dark distribution district dolichocephals Dordogne dress E. B. Tylor England English Europe evidence evolution example fair fair lady Folk-lore France French girls Gomme hand Haute-Vienne head inches indices Inst Ireland Irish Jenny Jenny Jones Journ kite kite-flying lady latter leptorhine Malay means measurements mesorhine narrow nasal index Neolithic North nose origin Paniyans platyrhine played points primitive probably race recognised round sacred says shafts side singing skull slide-car spoke-wheels stature Stewart Culin string tion Torres Straits tribes vehicles village wheels women
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Página 303 - Giver of all things for their sustenance : to the end that, whilst some gratifications are outwardly permitted them, they may the more easily consent to the inward consolations of the grace of God.
Página 262 - Then after an hour, They went to a bower, And played for ale and cakes ; And kisses, too; — Until they were due, The lasses...
Página iii - Let it not suffice us to be Book-learned, to read what others have written, and to take upon Trust more Falsehood than Truth ; but let us ourselves examine things as we have opportunity, and converse with Nature as well as Books.
Página 351 - Length of Cranium. — Measured with callipers from the most prominent part of the projection between the eyebrows (glabella) to the most distant point at the back of the head in the middle line. Care should be taken to keep the end of the callipers steady on the glabella by holding it there with the fingers, while the other extremity is searching for the maximum projection of the head behind. Breadth of Cranium. — The maximum breadth of head, which is usually about the level of the top of the...
Página 376 - What superstitions are attached to the status of widowhood ? (366) Are particular parts of any town or village, or particular sections of any community, entirely occupied in one trade or occupation ? (368) Have they customs and superstitions peculiar to their occupation? (369) Do they intermarry among themselves, and keep aloof from other people ? (373) Have they any processions or festivals ? (422) What parts of the body are...
Página 408 - No student of this most interesting phase of the problems of life can afford to remain in ignorance of the wide range of facts and the suggestive series of interpretations which Professor Loeb has brought together in this volume.
Página 228 - Come now,' as Herodotus would say, ' I will show once more that the mysteries of the Greeks resemble those of Bushmen.' In Lucian's Treatise on Dancing,2 we read, 'I pass over the fact that you cannot find a single ancient mystery in which there is not dancing. ... To prove this I will not mention the secret acts of worship, on account of the uninitiated. But this much all men know, that most people say of those who reveal the mysteries, that they
Página 389 - ... Plot on a map, describe, furnish photographs on sketches, and state the measurements and names (if any) of these, according to the following classification : — • Drift implements. Caves and their contents. Stone circles. Monoliths. Lake dwellings. Camps. Enclosures. Collections of hut circles. Cromlechs. Cairns. Sepulchral chambers. Barrows, describing the form, and distinguishing those which have not been opened. Inscribed stones. Figured stones. Stone crosses. Castra (walled). Earthen camps....
Página 390 - Has any particular form of religious belief been maintained ? Are the people constitutionally averse to change ? What are the dates of the churches and monastic or other ancient buildings or existing remains of former buildings ? Do existing buildings stand on the sites of older ones ? How far back can particular families or family names be traced ? Can any evidence of this be obtained from the manor rolls; from the parish registers ; from the tythingmen's returns ; from guild or corporation records...
Página 387 - Note, for example, if v and z are used where the standard pronunciation has/ and s. This is common in the south. 3. Observe very carefully the nature of the vowels. This requires practice in uttering and appreciating vowel sounds, some knowledge of phonetics, and a good ear. 4. Record all observations in the same standard phonetic alphabet, viz., that given in Sweet's