te ownership of property in land.
As to how private ownership of personal property began, it is easy to
suppose that, having made an implement or tool, the person claimed the
right of perpetual possession or ownership; also, that in the chase the
captured game belonged to the one who made the capture; the clothing to
the maker. In some instances where game was captured by the group,
each was given a share in proportion to his station in life, or again
in proportion to the service each performed in the capture. Yet, in
this {97} early period possessory right was frequently determined on
the basis that might makes right.

_The Manufacture of Clothing_.--The motive of clothing has been that of
ornament and protection from the pain of cold. The ornamentation of
the body was earlier in its appearance in human progress than the
making of clothing for the protection of the body; and after the latter
came into use, ornamentation continued, thus making clothing more and
more artistic. As to how man protected his body before he began to
kill wild animals for food, is conjectural. Probably he dwelt in a
warm climate, where very little clothing was needed, but, undoubtedly,
the cave man and, in fact, all of the groups of the race occurring in
Europe and Asia in the latter part of the Old Stone Age and during the
New Stone Age used the skins of animals for clothing. Later, after
weaving had begun, grasses and fibres taken from plants in a rude way
were plaited for making clothing. Subsequently these fibres were
prepared, twisted into thread, and woven regularly into garments. The
main source of supply came from reeds, rushes, wild flax, cotton,
fibres of the century plant, the inner bark of trees, and other sources
according to the environment.

Nothing can be more interesting than the progress made in clothing,
combining as it does the objects of protection from cold, the adornment
of the person, and the preservation of modesty. Indians of the forests
of the tropical regions and on the Pacific coast, when first
discovered, have been found entirely naked. These were usually without
modesty. That is, they felt no need of clothing on account of the
presence of others. There are many evidences to show that the first
clothing was for ornament and for personal attraction rather than for
protection. The painting of the body, the dressing of the hair, the
wearing of rings in the nose, ears, and lips, the tattooing of the
bod