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fear which restrains them from committing suicide, and another 

 superstition which incites them to murder and invite their OWK 

 death at the hands of the community. 



Lombock is governed by a Rajah, who has established some 

 very severe laws, as well as queer ones. Theft is punished with 



BATTLE WITH THE MIAS. 



death, without regard for the value of the article stolen. A 

 person found in the house of another after dark, without per- 

 mission, may be killed and thrown into the street. The men are 

 woefully jealous, and this feeling is a fruitful source of crime. 

 A wife must not accept a cigar, flower, or the simplest article 



