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THE HISTORY OF MANKIND

Bibliographisches Institut. Leip:

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THE

HISTORY OF MANKINDBY

PROFESSOR FRIEDRICH RATZEL

TRANSLATED FROM THE SECOND GERMAN EDITION

A.

J.

BUTLER,

M.A.

WITH INTRODUCTION BY

E.

B.

TYLOR,

D.C.L, F.RS.

WITH COLOURED PLATES, MAPS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME

II

HontfOtt

MACMILLAN AND1897

CO.,CO.

Ltd.

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN

All

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CONTENTSBOOK II Continued D. The AmericansI.

The Cultured Races

of

America

SECTIONV 22.J23.

The Americans The Forest and

generallyPrairie Indians of

North America

34.25.

The

Forest Indians of Central and South America

26..27.

The Patagonians The Fuegians The IndiansThe Eskimoof.

North-West America

.

2S.29.30.

100Society in America

The Family and

124 143Civilized

Religion and Priesthood in America

II.

The Ancient

31.

General Considerations as to the Origin and Development of the old American Civilization

32. General

Survey of ancient American CultureE.

......III

Races of America

160

170

The Arctic Races of the Old World

33.

Arctic Europe and Asia

BOOK1.

The Light Stocks of South and Central AfricaAfrica and the Indo-African2. 3.

4.5.

The Light-Coloured South Africans The Bushmen The Hottentots The Dwarf Races of Africa.

.... ....in

Group

of Races

.

237

General

258 262 279

BOOK

IV

The Negro Races1.

2. 3.

The Negro in General The Pastoral Races of EastKaffirs, Zulus,

Africa

Bechuanasor

4.5.

The OvahereroGallas, Masai,

Damaras, and the Mountain Damaras

Wahuma

.... .... ....

A.The South and East

Africans.313 407

420463 4S355

6.

Scattered Negro-Stocks of East Africa

ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUMEMAPSMap showing the Civilizations of Africa Map showing the Races of Africa-\

II

To face pagJ

COLOURED PLATESEast Brazil Old Pottery from America Implements, Vessels, and Costume of Northern Races American Antiquities War Dance of the Sioux Indian Picture-writing Lagoon in North Loango (West Africa) South African Ornaments and Utensils North-West African Weapons and Implements East African Weapons and Implements:

Indian Household

Ft ontispieceTo fa, e page 4997'45

193

241

.

289

427481

.

533

ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXTSweet potato {BatatasChenopodiutu qtiinoaedulis)

one-fourth

real size(a)

Water

rice (Zisania aquatica)

one-third natural one-fourth naturalsize,

Fruit-spikesize

Upper Paraguay. (From a photograph by Dr. P. Ehrenreich) " Grey Eagle," an Apache. (From a photograph) A Eotocudo. (From a photograph in the Damann Album) Figure made by Bakairis out of maize husks, intended to represent Harpy eagleParessi girl from.

(After v. d. Steinen)

Mehinacu wax-figure, representing

........a(?)

..... .....naturalsize;

.......(