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tTiey adopt strani^ers iuto their tribes. Th(?y 

 proiioinice a certain form of words, ai)d theii 

 eii<. Il raitan, the porson to be adoptcd does the 

 same, after which, he and all his relations are 

 COn&i.Jered as adoptod. Tliey generally mas- 

 sacre all prisoners óf'war, the chief s^riking 

 the first stroké. When t!i€"y take a hostile chief 

 prisoner, thev preserve his whole body witli 

 camphor, with hb arms extended, and place 

 cowries in the-sockets of his eyei, 



/'/The^ practica of stealing heads causes freq uent 

 ^ars*^amt>ng the different tribes of the Idaan, 

 Maniy persons liéver can obtain a head, in which 

 case they are gener^lly despised by the Warri- 

 ors and the Women. To such a height it is; 

 carriedj however, that a person who had cbtainecl 

 élevfeni, heads, ha» been seen by Mr, Bura^jand 

 he pointed out his son^ a young iadj! who had 

 procüred three. 



The Diyak do not practise polyganny. Whcri 

 a married woman commits adultery, the hnsband 

 wipes oflPhis disirrace bv murdering one, two, or 

 three of his slaveg, and sometimes chastises the 

 unfuithrul wife with bh)ws When a man, of 

 • his ovvn accord, wishes to separate from his 

 Avife, he resigns her cloaths and ornaments, and 

 pays her besides a forfcit of 20, 25^ or 30 Spa- 



