e of the dead,
unless the corpse is that of an enemy. A very small bit only is
eaten by each. In the case of an enemy the purpose is to win his
strength. In the case of a relative the motive is that the
survivors may not, by lamentations, become a nuisance in the
camp.[1059] The Dieyerie have the father family. The father may
not eat his own child, but the mother and female relatives must
do so, in order to have the dead in their liver, the seat of
feeling.[1060] The Tuare of Brazil (2 S. 67 W.) burn their dead.
They preserve the ashes in reeds and mix them with their daily
meals.[1061] The Jumanas, on the head waters of the Amazon,
regard the bones as the seat of the soul. They burn the bones of
their dead, grind them to powder, mix the powder with
intoxicating liquor, and drink it, "that the dead may live again
in them."[1062] All branches of the Tupis are cannibals. They
brought the custom from the interior.[1063] The Kobena drink in
their _cachiri_ the powdered bones of their dead relatives.[1064]
The Chavantes, on the Uruguay, eat their dead children to get
back the souls. Especially young mothers do this, as they are
thought to have given a part of their own souls to their children
too soon.[1065] In West Victoria "the bodies of relatives who
have lost their lives by violence are alone partaken of." Each
eats only a bit, and it is eaten "with no desire to gratify or
appease the appetite, but only as a symbol of respect and regret
for the dead."[1066] In Australian cannibalism the eating of
relatives has behind it the idea of saving the strength which
would be lost, or of acquiring the dexterity or wisdom, etc., of
the dead. Enemies are eaten to win their strength, dexterity,
etc. Only a bit is eaten. There are no great feasts. The fat and
soft parts are eaten because they are the residence of the soul.
In eating enemies there appears to be ritual significance.[1067]
It may be the ritual purpose to get rid of the soul of the slain
man for fear that it might seek revenge for his death.

+342.+ Some inhabitants of West Australia explained cannibalism
(they ate every tenth child born) as "necessary to keep the tribe
from increasing beyond the carrying capacity of the
territory."[1068] Infanticide is a part of population policy.
Cannibalism may be added to it either for food supply or
goblinism. When chil