. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . ree tenses, andthe noun and pronoun three is a system of vocalic prefixes andaffixes by which the force of the lead-ing vowels in the words is changed inpronunciation and a new sense devel-oped. The vocabulary is sufficientlyabundant so far
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . ree tenses, andthe noun and pronoun three is a system of vocalic prefixes andaffixes by which the force of the lead-ing vowels in the words is changed inpronunciation and a new sense devel-oped. The vocabulary is sufficientlyabundant so far as individual objects andobjects of the senses are concerned, but uan houses are small and insignificant,but they show a measure of barbarianskill. The builders proceed by settingpiles in the earth, and on these theylay a platform. A rude lodge is builton the foundation thus constructed, andfor roof a thatch of palm leaves. The peculiar feature of such structuresis that they are carried along to a con- 730 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. siderable distance. That which amongother savages would be a village, orkraal, is here a single house. The pilesand platform are extended for thirty or so constructed has a relation to the tribalorganization. It is virtually a tribehouse. In many instances the situationis on the coast or river bank. The piles. PAPUAN by E. Mesples, from a photograph. forty rods, and -the house is built con-tinuous, without division. It thus hasthe form within of a tunnel, in whichthe families have each a certain amountof space. It is probable that the house lift the structure in such cases abovethe water, and the house becomes a lakedwelling. The tunnel houses of the Papuansfrequently extend across rivers of con-
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