The sixth in a series compiling the results of an ethnographical research expedition in the Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Borneo. Originally published in 1908, it contains information on the societies and belief structures of the indigenous peoples living in the eastern islands of the Strait.
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Excerpt from Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits, Vol. 6: Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Eastern Islanders Of the Eastern Islanders of Torres Straits is published as Volume VI. Of the Reports, before issuing Volumes I. And IV., and as a consequence the index to the whole series cannot appear in this volume. The next volume to be published will be Volume IV., which will deal with the material and wsthetic life of the natives, and Volume which will follow later, will contain a summary of our main results and an index, in addition to a detailed account of the physical characters of the Torres Straits Islanders. The following is the system of spelling which has been adopted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
