. The history of mankind . ; whoshall be excluded, and so on ; the essential distinc-tion between them and the chiefs being all theless from the fact that in other islands the chiefship m is often elective and limited by a council of elders. Paddies (chiefs insignia) from NewZea- J land — one-sixth real size. (Christy In the popular tales, the poor orphan boy, favoured Collection.)by fortune, who elsewhere would marry the kings daughter, here attains the highest rank in the suque. Thus in different ways apowerful bias to aristocracy makes itself felt. The best-known society of this kindwas the
. The history of mankind . ; whoshall be excluded, and so on ; the essential distinc-tion between them and the chiefs being all theless from the fact that in other islands the chiefship m is often elective and limited by a council of elders. Paddies (chiefs insignia) from NewZea- J land — one-sixth real size. (Christy In the popular tales, the poor orphan boy, favoured Collection.)by fortune, who elsewhere would marry the kings daughter, here attains the highest rank in the suque. Thus in different ways apowerful bias to aristocracy makes itself felt. The best-known society of this kindwas the Ehri or Areoi of Tahiti, who formed a league traced back to the foundationof a god. A grand master presided over each of the twelve classes, the seven gradesof which were distinguished by their tattooing ; and all were bound in a closecomradeship. Being warriors, they must remain celibate ; and if they should havechildren, these must be killed. Their lands are tended by slaves. Even the first 282 THE HISTORY OF MANKIXD. Europeans found the league degenerated ; it went about like a dramatic troupe, anexample of low immorality. Every race of Micronesia is broken up into closelyunited societies. Among the nobles this takes the character of a retinue ; and onemay occasionally recognise in it some connection with inheritance in the female in the Ralick Islands the ruling chiefs belong to one clan, their sons toanother ; the chief must marry into the clan of his sons, and descent is reckonedby the mother. The Micronesian bats, both of freemen and bondmen, appear atthe same time as phalansteries, with the object of organising labour. These havebeen compared with regiments, and the obligation to enter them with compulsory service. All boys must be entered intheir fifth or sixth year. One union,however, never comprises more thanfrom thirty-five to forty individuals prac-tically of the same age, so that an olderman belongs to three or four bais. Ifan} one gets a rise in rank
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