. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. OKiAKs. evil spirits, and execut-ing remarkable feats of wizardry. It is perhaps among these tribes thatthe practice of killing old and infirm people is most in vogue. Thehardships of the nomadic life get to be unendurable, and the infirmreadily consent to this mode of putting them out of their misery. Infact, it is considered a part of filial duty to expedite their release i
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. OKiAKs. evil spirits, and execut-ing remarkable feats of wizardry. It is perhaps among these tribes thatthe practice of killing old and infirm people is most in vogue. Thehardships of the nomadic life get to be unendurable, and the infirmreadily consent to this mode of putting them out of their misery. Infact, it is considered a part of filial duty to expedite their release in thisway, and it is a sort of official ceremony. Immediately after death thecorpse is burnt and the ashes are scattered. Wives are purchased by oneor more years labour of the bridegroom for the girls father, and mean-while the girl is carefully guarded, and the youth kept off, if necessary,by whips and sticks. The marriage ceremony is a form of capture. The Kamchadales present a similar combination to the Koriaks,of Mongoloid features, with a distinct language. They are TheKam-of short stature, have prominent cheeks, small sunken eyes, noses, black hair, and a tawny complexion. Their language is of. ? 42 2 THE INHABITANTS OF ASIA. different grammatical structure from that of the Koriaks, and hasunchanging roots modified by various prefixes. In some parts the peoplehave become E,ussianised, and have adopted the Greek faith. Under theinfluence of spirits and disease they have diminished to three become violently intoxicated by eating a dried fungus—a speciesof mushroom. A trifle, says the traveller Steller, will make them gomad or commit suicide. Despite their excitability, they have a reputation for honesty andtruthfulness, and are very hospitable. They are rather weak-mindedthan vicious, and have little of the heroic temperament of the have some popular poetry, dealing with love, hunting, andtravelling, the plaintive chanting of whic
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