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The prevalence of cannibalism, p. 553.—Various forms of it, p. 554.—Cannibalism due to scarcity or lack of animal food, p. 555.—To gourmandise pp. 555–557.—To revenge, pp. 557–559.—The practice of eating criminals, p. 558 sq.—Cannibalism a method of making a dangerous individual harmless after death, p. 559 sq.—Due to the idea that the cannibal, by eating the supposed seat of a certain quality in a person, incorporates it with his own system, pp. 560–562.—Cannibalism in connection with human sacrifice, p. 562 sq.—The eating of man-gods, p. 563 sq.—Other instances in which a supernatural or medicinal effect is ascribed to human flesh or blood, pp. 564–566.—Cannibalism as a covenant rite, p. 566 sq.—Special reasons given for the practice of eating relatives or friends, pp. 567–569.—The cannibalism of modern savages represented as the survival of an ancient practice which was once universal in the human race, p. 569 sq.—Criticism of this theory pp. 570–580.—Savages who feel the greatest dislike of cannibalism, p. 570 sq.—Cannibals often anxious to deny that they are addicted to this practice, p. 572.—The rapid extinction of it among certain savages p. 572 sq.—Even among peoples very notorious for cannibalism there are individuals who abhor it, p. 573.—The aversion to cannibalism may be due to sympathy for the dead, p. 574.—In the first instance it is probably an instinctive feeling akin to those feelings which regulate the diet of the various animal species, ibid.—The eating of human flesh regarded with superstitious dread, pp. 574–576.—The feeling of reluctance may be

overcome by other motives and may be succeeded by a taste for human flesh, p. 577 sq.—Early man probably not addicted to cannibalism, pp. 578–580.—Cannibalism much less prevalent among the lowest savages than among races somewhat more advanced in culture, p. 578 sq.—Among some savages cannibalism known to be of modern origin or to have spread in recent times, p. 579 sq.—The moral valuation of cannibalism, p. 580 sq.