ARMENIA. A nuptial procession there, 197.-The Armenian
clergy, 198.
SIAM.-Restrictions of young virgins, 199.-Talapoins and
nuns, 200.-Polygamy and divorces, power of the first wife,
202.
HINDOSTAN. The Bramins; their marriages, 203.—The Nairs,
or noblemen, privilege of, 205.-Gentoo women, 206.
Strange mode of purifying an unfaithful wife, by her para-
mour, note, 207.-Infanticide; the Druses, 209.-Nuptial
ceremony at Benares, and in the Decan, 210, 211.
PEGU.-Parents let out their daughters, 112.-Divorces, ibid.-
CHINA.-Laws of Fohi, feet of the Chinese ladies, 213.-Chinese
sell their wives and children, 214.-Marriage laws, 216.
TONQUIN.-Ridicule of the vows of chastity, 216.
TARTARY. Plurality of husbands, 216.-Thibetians and Cal-
mucks, 217.-Rites of their priests; Mingalians, 218.
ARABIA. The Zenana, or harem, at Jidda, 219.-The turban,
220.-Arabian women, and procession of a bridegroom to
the bath at Jerim, ibid.
SUMATRA.-Cannibalism there, 221.
CEYLON.-Marriage customs of the Chingulays, 222.-Portrait
of a Chingulays beauty, 223.
JAVA.- Conjugal ceremonies and jealousy of the husbands, 224.
-Narrative of the execution of thirteen of the Emperor's
wives for infidelity, 225.
THE LADRONES.-The wife's mode of punishing an unfaithful
husband, 226.-Commerce of the sexes under no restriction,
229.
AMBOYNA, BORNEO, MACASSAR.-Marriage procession and
supper, 228.
CELEBES, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, &c.-Adultery punished by
elephants, 229.
JAPAN. Similarity of their customs to the Chinese, 229, 230.-
General remarks on Asiatic women, ibid.
ABYSSINIA. No distinction of legitimate or illegitimate chil-
dren, 232.-The king, ibid.-Alvarez's account of the nup-
tial ceremony, 233.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.-Hottentot marriages how conducted,
234.-Marriage portions, 235.- Widows, male and female
twins, how used, 236.- Emasculation of the Hottentot
youths, 237.-The slavish state of wives, ibid.
SIERRA LEONE.-Boarding-schools or monastries there, 238.
-Brides must not set foot on the ground, 239. Black
cecisbeos attend the negro ladies, 240.—Candour and fide-
lity of the women, ibid, 241.-Extraordinary operation per-
formed on females, 242.
CAFFRARIA. Public diversions; the ladies mode of painting
themselves, 244.-Etiquette, 245.-Circumcision, 246.-
Caffres in war-time abandon their offspring, 248.-Their
meals, and lack of utensils, ibid.
GUINEA.-Condition of females at Whydah, 249.-Numerous
children in a family, 250.-Punishment for adultery, 250.
-Abject state of the King's wives, 252.-The fetish, 254.
CABO DE MONTE.-Common women there, 253,—Artful con-
duct of the women, 255.-Ceremony at naming a child
among the Quojas, 256.-Adultery, and false swearing, how
punished, 257.-Wives buried in their husband's grave,
account of one, 258.
BENIN. Shocking consequence of having twins, 259.
ANGOLA, CONGO, MUNDINGO, &c.-Various customs there,
262.
BAMBARA.-Mr. Park's strange nuptial favour there; Bambouk,
the bride's behaviour, 263.
GOREE, Bird's Island.-Ceremony and procession there, 265.-
Sacrifices at the death of the King of Guinala, ibid.
SENEGAL. Corpulent women, 265.-Painting the face, 266.
MOROCCO.-Extent of Polygamy there, 267.-Description of
the Emperor's harem, 268.- Eunuchs, 272.
ALGIERS.-Mode of marriage, 273,-Fornication, how punished,
274.-Corsairs, ibid.
MADEIRA.-State of nudity of the fishermen there, 275.
MADAGASCAR.-Exposure of infants & conjugal regulations, 276,
CANARIES.-Singular custom at Lanzerota, 277,
General Remarks upon the condition, easy accouchment, and
the character, of native American women, 278.-Indian
children, names of warriors, &c. 281.-Lewis and Clarke's,
Du Lac's, Ashe's, and other Authors' accounts of the domestic
situations, privations, houses, families, &c. of various tribes
of the North American Indians, viz.
Iroquois and Hurons, 286.-Algonquins, 288.-Apalchites,
289.-Moxes, 290.—Caraïbs, ibid.-Easy parturition, 294,
312.-Story of a young woman of the Dog-ribbed Indians,
295.-The Natchez, 296.-Shawanese Indians, 296.-
Practice of calumeting, 297.-Bridal Ceremony, 298.-
Purification, 299.-Child-bearing, disadvantages of, 301.
-Chilluckittequaw Indians, 304.-Chopunnish Indians,
305.-Tetons Indians, their dances described, 306.—Ri-
caras Indians, slavery of the women and dress, 308.-In-
stance of summary justice, 310.-Shoshonees Indians, 313,
314.-dresses of, 316, 317.
NADA. The inhabitants described, 318.-Courtship, 319.-
Operations of the French laws, 320-A Canadian writer
described, 321.-Quebec, public assembly, 322.
MASSACHUSETTS BAY.-The custom of tarrying there, 323.
PENNSYLVANIA.-Custom of the lady riding away with her lover,
NEW ENGLAND.-Parties by moon-light, 324.-Du Lac's pic-
ture of the inhabitants of the United States, 325.
VIRGINIA.-Davis's peregrinations in the Southern States of N.
America, and description of the person of a Constance, a plan-
ter's daughter, 326.-Girls bathing, 329.- Anecdotes of
young Mingo war-captain and Helen Hopkins, 329.-Story
of Pocahontas, 330.- Her death, 333. -- Moraviaus, account
of, ibid.
NEW ORLEANS.-Persons of the women, ball-rooms, &c. 335.
-their dress, amusements, intrigues, 336.-Women of
colour, ibid.-Love-bargains, 360.
PERU. Customs, laws of consanguinity, and power of the Incas,
described, 341.
MEXICO.-Mode of tieing the bride and bridegroom, 344.-
Divorces, circumcision, exercises, &c. 345.
NICARAGUA. Polygamy, and marriage ceremony, 345.
PANAMA, CUMANA, CARACCAS, &c.--The child buried with
the mother, if she die in childbed, 346.-Customs, ibid.
PARIA. Nuptial form there, 346.-Humboldt's account of the
men and women of Cumana conversing sitting on chairs in
the river, 347.
TLASCALANS, Province of PANUCO, New Grenada, the Ca
ribbees, and the Inhabitants of Darien.-Various particulars
of their amatory and conjugal customs detailed, 348.
CHAWANONS.-Coquetry of the girls, 351.-A man may marry
all his wife's sisters as they arrive at puberty, 352.
CHACONESE. The women puncture their necks, &c. 353.-
Ceremony on naming a child, ibid.
CALIFORNIA. The customs there, 353.
Abissans and Ottomaques.-Singular mis-matches there, 355.
DEMERARA. Power of the court in refusing permission to marry,
355.-Bolingbroke's account of family unity, 356.-Easy
child-births and river-bathing, 357.-Major Stedman's inte
resting remarks on the condition and offers of cohabitation of
young black females, 358.-Early deaths of husbands, 359.
GUYANA.-Indifference respecting virginity, 361.- An Indian
there never seen with two wives, ibid.
BRAZIL. Local names of the Brazilians, 362.-The Tapuyers
and Tupinambies, 363.-Customs of the Brazilian girls,
when marriageable, 365.-Mode of travelling, ibid.-Their
hospitality, and offers of their wives to strangers, 366.-Sir
G. Staunton's account of the state of Catholic missions, 368.
-State of society at Rio de Janeiro, 369.-Days of intru-
sion, a custom of the ladies, 370.-Description of their
persons, 371. Their amusements, and dances, 372.-Re-
straints on females, 374.--St. Salvador, jokes played there
on passengers, 375.
PORT DES FRANÇAIS.-Peyrouse's account of the natives, 375.
BAY DE CASTRIES.-Favorable condition of the sex there, 376.
PARAGUAY, FORMOSA, and CHIRAGUA.- Marriage customs
and conditions of the natives, 377, 378.-Singular custom at
Chiragua, 378.
SOUTH SEAS.-The cnremony at Otaheite, 379.-Female chas-
tity little practiced, 381.-Tongataboo, the ceremony there,
ibid.-Touroome, what, 382.-Captain Wilson's account of
the native women, 384.-The arreoie society, 387.-Botany
Bay, 390.-On the Laws respecting marriage, 391.
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