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far from Zululand. The main features were 

 that the man, in order to marry, had to move 

 to the craal of his wife, promise constantly to 

 provide the mother-in-law with wood, never un 

 dertake service elsewhere without her consent, 

 and, in case of separation, leave all the children 

 as property of the wife. Among ancient Arab 

 tribes, the husband also went to the tent of the 

 wife ; and when she wished to dismiss him (for 

 he stayed at her pleasure) she turned the tent 

 round so that the door faced opposite its former 

 direction, &quot; and when the man saw this he knew 

 that he was dismissed and did not enter.&quot; And 

 in Syriac and Hebrew, as well as Arabic, the hus 

 band is said to &quot;go in &quot; to the bride. It will be 

 remembered, too, that the tent to which Isaac 

 took Hebekah was &quot;his mother Sarah s tent&quot; 

 (Gen. xxiv. 67), and that Sisera fled &quot; to the 

 tent of Jael the wife of Ileber the Kenite &quot; 

 (Judges iv. 17), and that Samson s wife remained 

 with her people, and received there the visits of 

 her husband (Judges xv. 1). These all embody, 

 in a modified form, what seems to have been the 

 universal rule of primitive marriage among the 

 Hebrews : &quot; Therefore shall a man leave his fa 

 ther and his mother, and shall cleave unto his 

 wife&quot;(Gen,ii. 24). 



