It thm astottkUiHe; tliat they part mth 

 *j«t regret J antl that 13iv<jri:?e is fre- 

 q wGnl aiMurij; thciii ?; if is* oolhliii; rare 

 to mvi't iinltviiluaiji who \mvu nmri ied 

 40 iir 50 differtini times. Ar(^i>rclin^ to 

 their ciHloTii!^, (iivin-i'e,to be i<»*jthimtc, 

 miisE \ty the t!uiiseiit of J>oth pat* 

 lies; — if Ihe diroree is provoked by the 

 husband tie U bound hy usage to re- 

 turn ihe woman to tlie hands «f her 

 faniilj, and to p^y an idemnity to 

 her nearest rektlouji; then he fjoes 

 away fur a time, at the end of which he 

 retur 1 1 3 to seek h«r , U res wi tli I j e r again 

 as if noUiiug liad happened, and ihen 

 he quiL* her forgtjud, relling her she i;* 

 Irce to f^on tract a utw tiiarriage. 



Havinp' more wives than one at a time 

 IS prohibiLed, lujd very tew act contra- 

 ry to thif Hw^ JjRt us '^ny i^jntichin/y;: 

 ijow aa to the ctis^tontyry ceremonies 

 at the birlht^, iiiarnagci!^ and deaths 

 of tliese people. 



The children of the Mantras are de- 

 livered and <;ar«d for in the u^ual 

 manner ; a few dayt* after Mrtlr, the 

 bead of ihe child h sliaved it is not 

 the object of Rny giiperstition that the 

 child Mliould he able ui dUtnigiiii^ji Its 

 father arid mother. If the child ii^ ill, 

 they rub it witli lime and kounin/^ a 

 kind of SalFron . A« lo the mother she 

 remains in the hou»e i^everal daya after 

 her fOnfinemeut ; when she is Strong 

 enou^rh lo rcjsunie the ordinary occu- 

 patlunii of the haui^cliold^ biie nm^t first 



