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able fact was tin- intense attachment of her dogs, which 

 centred their eyes constantly upon her and accompanied 

 her movements uith strange guttural sounds. 



With the Murungs, six teeth in the upper front jaw 

 and six in the under one are filed off, and there is no 

 pain associated with the operation. The kapala had had 

 his teeth cut three times, first as a boy, then when he 

 had one child, and again when he had four children. 

 The teeth of one of the blians had been filed twice, once 

 when he was a boy and again when he had two children. 



If a man has the means he is free to take four wives, 

 who may all be sisters if he so desires. As to the number 

 of wives a man is allowed to acquire, no exception is 

 made in regard to the kapala. A brother is permitted 

 to marry his sister, and my informant said that the chil- 

 dren resulting from this union are strong; but, on the other 

 hand, it is forbidden for cousins to marry, and a still 

 worse offence is for a man to marry the mother of his 

 wife or the sister of one's father or mother. If that 

 transgression has been committed the culprit must pay 

 from one to two hundred rupias, or if he cannot pay he 

 must be killed with parang or klevang (long knife). 

 The children of such union are believed to become weak. 



When twelve years of age girls are regarded as mar- 

 riageable, and sexual relations are absolutely free until 

 marriage; in fact, if she chooses to have a young man 

 share her mat it is considered by no means improper. 

 If a girl should be left with ciiild and the father cannot 

 be found she is married to somebody else, though no 

 man is forced to wed her. Marriage relations are very 



