The Descent of Man

p. 526. For the other nations mentioned, see
references in Lawrence, 'Lectures on Physiology,'
etc., 1822, p. 272.)
On the other hand, bearded races admire and
greatly value their beards; among the Anglo-
Saxons every part of the body had a recognised
value; "the loss of the beard being estimated at
twenty shillings, while the breaking of a thigh
was fixed at only twelve." (65. Lubbock, 'Origin
of Civilisation,' 1870, p. 321.) In the East men
swear solemnly by their beards. We have seen
that Chinsurdi, the chief of the Makalolo in
Africa, thought that beards were a great ornament.
In the Pacific the Fijian's beard is "profuse
and bushy, and is his greatest pride"; whilst
the inhabitants of the adjacent archipelagoes of
Tonga and Samoa are "beardless, and abhor a
rough chin." In one island alone of the Ellice
group "the men are heavily bearded, and not a
little proud thereof." (66. Dr. Barnard Davis
quotes Mr. Prichard and others for these facts