^ A Dutch Account of Liberia 



But they are not so jealous with respect to their daughters, 

 who have an unbounded liberty, which is so far from impeding 

 their marriage that a man is pleased at finding that a woman 

 has given proofs of fertility, especially as the presents of her 

 lovers make some amends for that which he is obliged to 



39. A UE (native) kitchen NEAR MONROVIA (AS DESCRIBED BY 

 DES MARCHAIS IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY) 



give her parents when he marries her. They tenderly love 

 their children, and a sure and quick way to gain their 

 friendship is to caress their little ones and to make them trifling 

 presents." 



"Their houses are very neat. Their kitchens are some- 

 what elevated above the ground, and of a square or oblong 

 figure ; three sides are walled up, and the fourth side is left 

 open, being that from which the wind does not commonly 



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