know that marriage by capture was not uncommon in iiwciu rimes 



Flora Macdonald.* Tlie Rev. L. Fison mentions llic lictitious 

 concealment of certain persons after the death of a Fijian chief. 

 In one place the henchman of the chief keeps out of .>i^lit for a 

 number oi days after his masters burial. " He is supposed to 



chief, (which pi'obably was oncC the practice) and it any of the 



burial, their term of enforced ret inMiifnt hcitii,' iiMiiii-i.-illy ,i y. ar. 

 " They paint themselves black tV.mi lic.id to tnof .n •' ipmi' i-tkc 

 their walks abroad until after ihrk. 1 1 (uinpcllrd •>,._,, ,,iit>;,lt> 

 during the day-time they co\(M- i licriM'Kc- w ith ,i iii.'i .i'-l tiolx-dy 

 takes the slightest notice of th. ■in, i;i tu-i 7im1mu|\ i- ■; i..i-,cd to 



or rather non-existent."t The jioinr c,t iiiO'ir-i in i ..Mnples 



n'-.-n-.lrd ;i.nui'urthc\'\,i\V''i:i<l if''!-.'n ,■!..■ n-.r ,. ' ,-.'/. ' The 



' thr cuiM' of ll.',l\<"n UIM.II 



i.ur.r. Th.TXpl.i.i.uin 



.,.. piuvly 



-ctural. It appears that t 



he Efatese wife is pur-l 





parents, an<l that after the 



death of her husband . 



he may be 



>sed of by his frien.ls, but 



not returned to her par 





refund the price that wa 



s paid for her. Thus t 



he present 



looked for in customs antecec 



