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EAST ASIA.
shelter them both from sun and rain. All wear linen or woollen blouses and straw
sandals, and the men often envelop their heads in turbans of some gay colour.
There is no organized government, but if
disputes, not amicably arranged, are usually
to brute
referred to the arbitration of the elders, after which there is a final appeal
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Fig. 97. RACES OP SOUTH-WEST CHINA.
Scale 1 : 10,000,000.
Miaotze. Yao. Kilao. Si -Fan and
und Tuman. Tibetans
105 of G
Mantze.
= 32"
Moso (Civilised T.isu). Pape and Peyi, Am, ilishmi. Khamti.
^^^ ^^^ ISO Miles.
force. Family feuds are often thus perpetuated to the ninth generation, and the vic-
tims are sometimes said to be devoured by the rival faction. Their Buddhist cult is
associated with the worship of demons and ancestry. In some tribes the remains of
the dead are removed from the coffin every two or three years, and carefully washed.