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The terms of the jcojmfy or equivalent for wives, is the fame here^ Marriages, 
nearly, as with the Rejangs* The crccfe-head is not cflTential to the bar- 
gain, as among t^ie people of Pajfumm&b. The father of the girl never 
admits of the pco^oetfe taUet k^^koy or whole fum being paid, and there* 
Jby withholds from the Kufband, in any i;jafej t^e light of felUt^ his 
^vife, who, in the event of a divorce^, returns to her jela^tion?. Where 
|:h po&Uofe tdiiee is allowed to take plaqe, he has a property in her, little 
differing from that of a llave, as formerly obferved. The particular 
fums which conflitute the jc'ojoer^ are Icfs complex here, than at other 
ptaces. The value of the maiden's golden triukecs is nicely eftimateU, 
and her joojoor regulated according to that, and the rank of her parents, 
The fmtindo marriage fcarce ever takes place but among poor people, 
where there is no property on either fide, or in the cafe of a flip in tlie 
conduct of the female, when the friends are glad to make up a match, 
in this way, inftead of demanding a price for her. Inftances have oc- 
curred, however, of countrymen of rank affetfting a femundo marriage, 
in order to imitate the Malay manners j but it has been looked upon as 
improper^ and liable to create confufion* 
The fines and compenfation for murder, are in every rcfpc£t the fame, 
as hi the countries already defcribed. 
The Mahometan religion has made confidcrable progrefs amongft the Rcii^bu. 
%.cmpmi$ , and riicJft of rheir villages 'haVe mdfqucs in them ; yet an ' 
attachment 'to the 'original fupcTflitions of the country, induces them to 
regard with particular veneration the crammats^ox burying places of their 
fathers, which they piouily adorn, and cover in fro^n che weather. 
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