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transfers his affections to another girl. When preg- 

 nancy occurs the girl's father builds or gives her a 

 house, and the marriage ceremony takes place imme- 

 diately on occupation of the dwelling. The preliminary 

 union is therefore a trial union, the object being to 

 ascertain whether the marriage will be fruitful. During 

 this period it is to be observed that though the girl, as 

 not yet married, continues to sleep in the oldg both she 

 and her lover are in fact part of her parents' household ; 

 and when the period comes to an end it is the girl's 

 father who provides them with a home. 1 The Igorot 

 now recognise kinship through both father and 

 mother. 



The Molucca islands afford examples of almost all 

 grades of conjugal relation. In the Luang-Sermata 

 group the husband enters his wife's family ; and if he 

 wed a girl in another village he is practically lost to 

 his kin. A man may have as many as five wives, 

 each of whom of course lives apart from the others, 

 besides less regular connections. In such cases he 

 must be a mere visitor at his wives' homes. 2 Like- 

 wise in the Babar Archipelago the husband follows 

 the wife and dwells in her house ; and the children 

 belong to the wife's family. Contrary to the practice 

 in the Luang-Sermata group a bride-price is paid, 

 but it seems only to carry the right to cohabitation, not 

 to removal. When rich enough a man may marry as 

 many as seven wives, each of whom continues to live 

 in her maternal home. On the other hand it is a glory 

 to capture a woman from another village and bring 

 her away, in which case, whether compensation be 

 paid or not, the children follow the father. 3 On the 

 1 Jenks, 68. 2 Riedel, 324, 3 Id. 351. 



