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thi, they imagine, would be impolite. They always
give him the quality he has with respect to the person
that speaks to him; but when there is between them no
relation or affinity, they use the term of brother or un-
cle, nephew or cousin, according to each other's age, or
according to the value they have for the person whom
they address.
  Further, it is not so much to render the names imnior-
tal, that they revive them, as to enaage those to whom
they are given, either to imitate the brave actions of their
predecessors, or to revenge them if they have been kill-
ed or burnt, or lastly to comfort and help their families,
Inl U



't'hus, a
and find
lays as I
mourns
place.
sions, to
much ti
than ad
-*.  a



woman who
s herself with
ittle as she ca
for, to some
They chancre
give the part
me. There
ream, or the (



has lost her husband, or her son,
-out the support of any person, do-
n to transfer the name of him she
person capable of supplying his
their names on many other occa-
iculars of which would take up too
needs no more for this purpose
)rder of a physician, or some such



trimling cause.



THE NAMING OF CHILDREN AMONG
                      DALES.



  " Si prepara," says, Sai
quando vogrliono nottmint
ciulla, bisogna che tutta
sia composta di donne, e
madre, se sara un' racaz
stessi nomi che avevano
vente volte pero, quando
tra volta, it nuovo marit
morto. --T vecchii si chin
e quelli della inedesirna
  Accordingr to Santini,



THE KAMSCHA-



ntini, "1dai Coriaki, un banchetto,
ire i fancialli.  Se sara una fan-



L la compagnia, eccetto ii
d'uomini solarnente, ecei
zo. (lOgni famiglia rities
ricevuiti da loro antenati.
una vedova e inaritata



to prende il nome di lui
.mano dai criovani, i loro



padre,
etto Ia
ne gli
  So-
un al-
chi e



i loro fratelli."'
Coriaks and other tribes of



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