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Polygamy is of course practised here, and 

 the wealthier the Kafir, the more wives he 

 buys, some having as many as thirteen. 



The price of a wife ranges from ^5 to .18, 

 according to her birth and value generally. 

 The money given for a wife is never spent by 

 her father, but is stored in the family as a 

 kind of reserve fund, or is used to buy wives 

 for the sons. 



Should the husband be dissatisfied with his 

 wife, or should she misbehave herself, he can 

 send her back to her people, and the sum he 

 paid for her is returned to him. Unlike most 

 black tribes, they are by no means strict in their 

 morals, and a couple often live together before 

 the man is able to find the money necessary 

 for the marriage. Should he never be able to 

 afford it, the woman is at liberty to marry 

 some one else if she feels so inclined ; and if 

 she is the mother of a son she will most likely 

 be sought by a childless man, and a high price 

 given for her, her son taking the man's name. 

 Husband and wife sometimes live apart during 



