SUMATRA. 
fale, and the difficulty enhanced by the ncceffity of paying the full 
price upon the fpot, it is probable that the cuftom will in a great 
nicafnre ccafe, and though not pofitivcly, be virtually aboliflied. 
Nor can a lawfuit follow from any future /f^Wr. 
" The addat, or cuftonij of the fimundo malayo or maredeeko^ to be paid 
by thehufband to the wife's family upon the marriage raking place, 
is fixed at twenty dollars and a buffaloe, for fuch as can afford it ; 
and at ten dolJars and a goat, for the poorer clafs of people. 
" Whatever may be acquired by either party during the fubfiJlence of 
the marriage, becomes joint property, and they are jointly liable to 
debts incurred, if by mutual confent, / Should either contrad debts 
without the knowledge and confent of^the other, the party that con- 
trails, mull alone bear them, in cafe of a divorce. 
** If either party infift, or both agree in it, a divorce muft follow. 
No other power can feparate them. The effeils, debts, and credits 
in all cafes to be equally divided. If the man infifts upon the di- 
vorce, he pays a chart b of twenty dollars to the wife's family, if he 
obtained her a virgin ; if a widow, ten dollars. If the woman infifts 
on the divorce, no aharro is to be paid* If both agree in it, the man 
pays half the charro* 
" If a man married by femunde dies — Vide Inheritance/' 
If a man carries off a woman with her confent, and is wiHing either 
to pay her price at once by joi^oor^ or marry her by femi^ndcy as the fa- 
ther or relations pleafe, they cannot reclaim the woman, and the mar- 
riage takes place* 
" If a man carries off a girl under age (which is determined by htr not 
having her ears bored, and teeth filed — boeloom betend^'y bedabong) 
though with her own confent, he pays, exclufive of the addat jvojooTy 
or fmund^^ twenty dollars, if fhe be the daughter of a pmnharab ; and 
ten dollars for the daughter of any other, whether the marriage takes 
place or not. 
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