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many showy things as possible. The clothing often 

 consists only of a small apron or girdle, but the 

 girls will wear heavy earrings, nose-rings, lip orna- 

 ments, weighty necklaces hanging down to the waist, 

 made of bone rings, beads, shells, polished teeth of 

 animals, and precious stones when they are to be 

 got. In addition, she will have bracelets and anklets 

 and elaborate head-dresses. A Santal belle is de- 

 scribed as follows: " She wore two anklets, perhaps 

 twelve bracelets, a necklace weighing a pound, and 

 the total weight of ornaments amounted to thirty- 

 four pounds of metal." In one European country, 

 Albania, the girls wear their dowry in gold coins 

 round their necks, their skull-caps made of scarlet 

 cloth are surrounded with rows of coins, and coins 

 are intertwined with their plaits. 



3. METHODS OF COURTSHIP. 



So far we have had a description of the means of 

 attraction employed during courtship; we now come 

 to the methods of courting. There really is not 

 much courtship among savage races, for what we 

 call "love" is, on the whole, hardly known to them. 

 It is generally customary for the parents to arrange 

 the match, the young couple having little if any- 

 thing to say in the matter. Amongst some nations, 

 as the Japanese, for instance, a marriage broker 

 is the go-between and arranges the matches. But 

 still, where there is a choice by the young people, 

 or even when the parents alone choose, there is 

 always upheld a standard of bravery and skill to 

 which those who desire a mate must conform. This 

 differs with the district. Thus in the neighbour- 



