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if Ihe brings more, the hufband is accountable for the difi<;rence. The 
original ceremony of divorce confifts in. cutting a rattun cane in twoj m 
prefcncc of the partiesj th^ reladous, acd the chiefs of the Countrj^ 
Second moie In the mode of marriage by ambd ma^ the father of a virgin makes 
inariiage. Qj^Q^ce of feme young man for her hufband, generally from an inferior 
family, which renounces all further right to, or intereft in him^ and he 
is taken into the houfc of his father in law, who kills a bufEaloe on the 
occafion, and receives twenty dollars from the fon*s relations. After this, 
the homso bye ^nya (the good and bad of him) is veiled Lu the wife's fa- 
mily^ If he murders or robs> they pay tiie bangoon, or the fine. If 
he is murdered, they receive the bangooni They are liable to any debts 
he may contract after marriage; thofe prior to it remaiuing with his pa- 
rents. He lives- in the family, in a ftate between that of a fon, and a 
debtor. He partakes as a fon of w^hat the houfe affords, but has no pro^ 
perty in himfelf. j His rice plantation^ the produce of his pepper garden, 
with ever)f thing that he can gain or earn, belong to the family* He 
is, liable to be divorced at their pleafure, and though he has children^ 
muft leave all, and return naked as he came. The family fosnetimes 
indiilge him with leave to remove to a houfe of his own, and take his 
\vifc with him; but he, his children, and effeiSts, areftlll their property. 
If he l^as not daughters by ih^ marriage, he ncmy redeem himfelf ar*d 
wife, by paying her joDjoori but if there are daughters before they 
are emancipated^ the difficulty is enhanced, becaufe the family are 
equally entitled to their value. It is common, however, when they 
are upon good terms, to releafe him, on the payment of one joo» 
joor,, or at moft with the addition of an addat of fifty dollars* 
With this addition^ he may infifl: upon a releafe, whilft his daughters 
are not marriageable. If the family have paid any debts for him, he 
muft alfo make them good. Should he contract more than they ap- 
prove of, and they fear his, adding to them, th^y procure a divorce, and 
♦ fend him back to his parents ; but muft pay his debts, to that time. If 
he is a notorious fpendtbrift, they outlaw him. Inftead of taking out a 
writj they have only to prefcnt one to tJi^ proattcens and pambarab* This 
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