TABOOED DAYS AT CRITICAL EPOCHS

The institution of taboo in the Hawaiian Islands, pp. 8, 9.—Observance there of tabooed days, pp. 9, 10.—Likeness between the Hawaiian Sabbaths and the sabbatarian regulations introduced by missionaries, p. 10.—Communal taboos imposed when a chief temple was consecrated, pp. 11-13; at the time of the celebration of the New Year’s festival, p. 13; and in connection with the taking of certain fish, p. 14.—The four regular _tabu_ periods in the Hawaiian month, pp. 14, 15.—Tabooed days observed in the Society Islands, the Marquesas Islands, and New Zealand, pp. 15-17.—In the Tonga Islands a period of taboo imposed at the time of the first-fruits’ sacrifice, pp. 18, 19.—Days kept sacred to certain gods in Samoa and other parts of Polynesia, pp. 19-21.—Tabooed days of the Fijians, pp. 21-24.—Other instances of communal rest days in Polynesia, pp. 24, 25.—General significance of the Polynesian evidence, p. 25.—Tabooed days not unknown in New Guinea, p. 26.—Tabooed days in Borneo, pp. 26, 27.—Those observed by the Kayan of Sarawak and Dutch Borneo, pp. 27-33; by the Iban or Sea Dyak, pp. 33-35; and by the Land Dyak, pp. 36, 37.—General significance of the Bornean evidence, pp. 37-39.—Observance of seasons of communal repose confined to the Indonesian population of Borneo, pp. 39, 40.—Tabooed days in the Nicobar Islands, pp. 40, 41; in Bali and Nias, pp. 41-43; in the Mentawi Islands, pp. 43, 44; in Formosa, p. 44; and in the Philippine Archipelago, pp. 44-49.—The _genna_ among the Naga tribes of Manipur, pp. 49-53.—_Genna_ customs among other peoples of Assam, pp. 53-55.—Customs allied to the _genna_ in Burma, pp. 55-58.—Indo-China probably the centre of diffusion of the _genna_, p. 58.—Resemblance of communal rest days to the practice of the _couvade_, pp. 58, 59.—Psychological and sociological aspects of these communal regulations, pp. 59, 60.—Days of abstinence and quiescence mark crises in the community life, pp. 60, 61.