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groom " generally betakes himself to the apartment 

 of his wife's parents or relations, and becomes one of 

 the family. Occasionally, as for example when the 

 bride has many brothers and sisters, or when the 

 bridegroom is the support of aged parents, or of 

 younger brothers and sisters, the bride enters and 

 becomes one of the family of her husband." Among 

 the Balans or Sea-Dyaks of Lingga, " as a general rule 

 if the bride be an only daughter, or of higher rank, the 

 husband joins her family ; if he be of higher rank or 

 an only son, she follows him. . . . If they should be 

 of equal condition and similarly circumstanced, they 

 divide the time among their respective families until 

 they set up house-keeping on their own account." 2 

 Among the Sibuyau Dyaks of Lundu, the Dusuns and 

 other tribes the rule is that the husband follows the 

 wife, lives with and works for her parents, and the 

 children belong to their family. 3 The Sea-Dyaks settle 

 the place of residence of the young pair, whether in 

 the household of the bride or of the bridegroom, in the 

 course of the marriage negotiations. 4 The natives of the 

 Barito' River basin in British North Borneo often be- 

 troth their children very young. If this be not done they 

 marry from inclination when they have arrived at adult 

 life. In either case they dwell after marriage with the 

 wife's parents ; although, it is said, the wife is considered 

 as a member of the husband's family as well as the 

 husband a member of the wife's family. Marriage is 

 life-long, and as a general rule the man is content with 



i St. John, i. 162. 2 Id. 52. 



3 Id. 50: Roth, Sarawak, i. 124, 125; Wilken, Verwantschap^ 

 733; Bastian, Indonesien, iv. 24, 26. 



4 Anthropos, i. 167. 



