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the island of Timor there are some very curious regu- 

 lations. The men belonging to the kingdom of 

 Bibigugu can obtain wives by barter, that is by pay- 

 ment of a bride-price, from the neighbouring kingdom 

 of Manufahi ; but the men of Manufahi cannot purchase 

 wives from Bibigugu. A man of Manufahi who 

 wishes to marry a woman of Bibigugu must come and 

 live with his wife in her country : no purchase-money 

 may be paid or accepted for such a marriage. This 

 rule extends even to the rajah of Manufahi himself. 

 But there is a further complication. " Saluki and 

 Bidauk are two districts of the kingdom of Bibigugu. 

 A man of Saluki may marry a woman of Bidauk, and 

 take her back with him to Saluki ; but he must 

 purchase her, and it is not in his option to remain in 

 Bidauk with his wife's relations instead of paying for 

 her. On the other hand the men of Bidauk can marry 

 with the women of Saluki ; but the man must go to 

 Saluki and live in the house of the woman, and he 

 has not the option of paying for her at all. The 

 children of the union belong to her, and on her 

 death inherit all the property, while the husband 

 returns to his own kingdom [sic: district?], leaving 

 the children behind him, except in case of there being 

 more than two,- when he is entitled to claim at least 



one." 



In Borneo the Dyaks and other tribes dwell in vast 

 houses which accommodate two or three hundred or 

 even more persons. This population of a house 

 consists of related families, each family having an 

 apartment to itself. In Sarawak a Land-Dyak bride- 



1 Forbes, 457 ; /. A. I, xiii, 414, 



