£20 
SUMATRA. 
wkh other limitations of abfolute right. When that fum is finally paid, 
which feltlom happens but in cafes of violent quarrel, the taike koolo (tie 
of relationflilp) is fald to be pooUofe^ (broken), and the woman becomes 
to all intents the flave of her lord. She has then no title to claim a di- 
vorce in any predicament \ and he may fell her, making only the firA 
offer to her relations. The other appendages, us already mentioned, 
are the icdis tW€i^ the denvacion of which 1 cannot fatisfaftorily trace; 
and the QOpa daoun ^odo, which is a conlideration for the expcnce of the 
marriage feaft, paid to the girl's piucnrt, wUo provides \u But fometimes 
it is depoficed at the wedding, when a diHribution is made of it amongft 
the old people prefent. The words allude to the leaf in which the rice 
13 ferved up^ Thefe branches are feldom paid or chimed, before the la- 
tang (ftem) is defrayed, of which a large proportion, as fifty, eighty, 
and fometimes an hundred and four dollars, is laid down at the lime of 
marriage ; and unciil the fir ft mentioned of thefe funis, at leaft, is pro^ 
duced, the man cannot take his wife honie. I^l this cafe he commonly 
mengcering joojmr^ continues a debtor with the family, till he can raife 
money fufHcient tn re^^^&xxx laai»r*lf i fi/t<rr tk\s^ ioag cieUit Is ulually 
giyen for the remainder. Years often elapfe, if the families continue on 
C good termsy wichout the debt being demanded; particularly when aa 
hundred and four dollars have been paid; unlefs diiirefs obliges them to iL 
Sometimes it remains unadjuftedto thefecnnd and third generation, and 
it is not uncommon to fee a man luing for the joc^aor of the filler of his 
grandfather. Thefe debts conftitute in fad the chief part of their fub^ 
jftance, and a perfon is cfteemcd rich who has feveral of them due to 
him, for his daughters, fillers, aunts, and great aunts. Debts of this 
nature are looked upon as facred, and are fcarce ever loft- In Faffum- 
mab^ if the race of a man is extind:, and fome of thefe remain unpaid, 
the doofoon or village to which the family belonged, muft make it good 
to the creditor ; but this is not infilled upon amongft the Rejangs^. 
U 
In lieu of paying the jmjeery a barter tranfadion, called febaye, fome- 
times takes place, where one gaddeis (virgin) is given in exchange for 
another j and it is not unufual to borrow a girl for this purpofe, from a 
friend 
