glans penis. (Karl von den Steinen, _Unter den Naturvölkern
Zentral-Brasiliens_, 1894, pp. 190 et seq.)

Other travelers mention that on the Amazon among some tribes the
women are clothed and the men naked; among others the women
naked, and the men clothed. Thus, among the Guaycurus the men are
quite naked, while the women wear a short petticoat; among the
Uaupás the men always wear a loin-cloth, while the women are
quite naked.

"The feeling of modesty is very developed among the Fuegians, who
are accustomed to live naked. They manifest it in their bearing
and in the ease with which they show themselves in a state of
nudity, compared with the awkwardness, blushing, and shame which
both men and women exhibit if one gazes at certain parts of their
bodies. Among themselves this is never done even between husband
and wife. There is no Fuegian word for modesty, perhaps because
the feeling is universal among them." The women wear a minute
triangular garment of skin suspended between the thighs and never
removed, being merely raised during conjugal relations. (Hyades
and Deniker, _Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn_, vol. vii, pp.
239, 307, and 347.)

Among the Crow Indians of Montana, writes Dr. Holder, who has
lived with them for several years, "a sense of modesty forbids
the attendance upon the female in labor of any male, white man or
Indian, physician or layman. This antipathy to receiving
assistance at the hands of the physician is overcome as the
tribes progress toward civilization, and it is especially
noticeable that half-breeds almost constantly seek the