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neither in their art nor in incidents in their lives could I find 

 signs of its expression. Nor could 1 find evidences of what 

 may be called romantic sentiment. I know, however, of 

 several instances of acute dislike, in which girls had either 

 to be actually forced to submit to the afiianced husbands or 

 to run away in order to escape a distasteful match. 



On the other hand, strong and decided inclinations exist 

 of which I could record several instances. So also the 

 intrigues of married women, which occur fairly frequently, 

 point to the existence of passions willing to run considerable 

 risks and able to overcome substantial obstacles. 



As it is evident from previous passages, sexual jealousy 

 is very pronounced, and this sentiment is not based only upon 

 the sense of ownership established by marriage, since it exists 

 very markedly in respect to the Ui ui relationships. 



Polygamy is very infrequent; I have only one polygamous 

 marriage to record amongst the total number of marriages in 

 the pedigrees of Mailu village. One very strong obstacle to 

 polygamy would be the duty of providing pigs for the wife's 

 family. This duty is onerous enough for a monogamist, and 

 the obligations of polygamy would be surely beyond the 

 powers of an average man. 



4. Children and their Play. 



Birth and Infancy. — The information available on this 

 heading is unfortunately very scanty. I was not able to speak 

 with any woman, and men are not good informants on the 

 subject. 



What I know about native ideas concerning conception 

 has been said in the last paragraph. During pregnancy the 

 woman has to observe a general fish taboo (Orihe tora). If 

 she did eat fish the child would be injured. She can, however, 

 eat boiled food and drink fresh water. The pregnant woman 

 (Aniara o?Y('iJ sleeps in the house near her husband, but they 

 do not cohabit. Sexual connection during pregnancy would 

 kill a wom.an. At the birth no man maybe present, not even 

 the husband. He would be too much ashamed to see it. The 

 mother and the mother-in-law of the puerperient, as well as her 

 sisters and sisters-in-law, are present, and they act as mid- 

 wives. There are no specialists in this art in the village. If 

 twins are born, one, usually the second, is killed as a rule. 

 The reason given is that a woman cannot properly feed two 

 infants, and that to carry them about, etc., would give too 

 m.uch trouble. Infanticide would be practised in the case of 

 illegitimate children — which, as said before, are extremely 

 rare. In would be done also in the case of a man deserting his 

 wife. If a woman had a series of girls, or a series of boys, 



