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look or word.&quot; Of the Jakuns, too, Favre tells us that 

 &quot; they are generally kind, affable, inclined to gratitude and to 

 beneficence : &quot; their tendency being not to ask favours but to 

 confer them. And then of the peaceful Arafuras we learn 

 from Kolff that 



&quot; They have a very excusable ambition to gain the name of rich men, 

 by paying the debts of their poorer villagers. The officer [M. Bik], 

 whom I quoted above, related to me a very striking instance of this. 

 At Affara he was present at the election of the village chiefs, two indi 

 viduals aspiring to the station of Orang Tua. The people chose the 

 elder of the two, which greatly afflicted the other, but he soon after 

 wards expressed himself satisfied with the choice the people had made, 

 and said to M. Bik, who had been sent there on a commission, What 

 reason have I to grieve ; whether I am Orang Tua or not, I still have 

 it in my power to assist my fellow villagers. Several old men agreed 

 to this, apparently to comfort him. Thus the only use they make of 

 their riches is to employ it in settling differences.&quot; 



With these superiorities of the social relations in perma 

 nently peaceful tribes, go superiorities of the domestic rela 

 tions. As I have before pointed out ( 327), while the status 

 of women is habitually very low in tribes given to war and 

 in more advanced militant societies, it is habitually very high 

 in these primitive peaceful societies. The Bodo and the 

 Dhimals, the Kocch, the Santals, the Lepchas, are monogamic, 

 as were also the Pueblos ; and along with their monogamy 

 habitually goes a superior sexual morality. Of the Lepchas 

 Hooker says &quot; the females are generally chaste, and the 

 marriage tie is strictly kept.&quot; Among the Santals &quot; unchas- 

 tity is almost unknown,&quot; and &quot;divorce is rare.&quot; By the 

 Bodo and the Dhimals, &quot; polygamy, concubinage and adultery 

 are not tolerated ; &quot; &quot; chastity is prized in man and woman, 

 married and unmarried.&quot; Further it is to be noted that the 

 behaviour to women is extremely good. &quot; The Santal treats 

 the female members of his family with respect ; &quot; the Bodo 

 and the Dhimals &quot; treat their wives and daughters with con 

 fidence and kindness ; they are free from all out-door work 

 whatever.&quot; And even among the Todas, low as are the forms 

 of their sexual relations, &quot; the wives are treated by their 



