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sacrifice a cow, which is not killed in the usual way, by having 
its throat cut, but by being stabbed in a thousand places. 
They have neither priests, nor rulers, all men being looked 
upon as equals, though considerable respect is shewed to age ; an 
old man being always allowed to drink first, and to enjoy the 
privilege of keeping two wives, while the younger are obliged to 
content themselves with one. When a young man is desirous of 
marrying, it is customary for him to give his sister to another man, 
and to take his in return ; or, if he have no sister, he will go to war 
for the purpose of taking a female prisoner, who is immediately 
adopted as his sister, and formally exchanged ; no other dower on 
either side being ever required. They do not marry so early as 
the Abyssinians, but wait till they are seventeen or eighteen 
years of age, yet no such thing as connection between the sexes 
is said to be ever known to take place till after marriage. Adul- 
tery is punished with death. The Women, besides taking care of the 
house, assist the men in ploughing, and are entitled to an equal 
share of the produce of the land. When a child is born, the 
father gives it a name, which is generally derived from some cir- 
cumstance connected with its birth, or an accidental mark on 
its body. The name of my informant was Oma-zena, on account 
of his being born with a wart on his hand ; others were called 
Im-magokwa,*' born in the night," wokea,'' born while 
making booza,'' wunn^a," born on the ground " ma- 
gokwa,'' signifying night, kea,'* booza,'' and ennea,'" 
dust. When a man dies he is buried without ceremony in his 
clothes, and the relations kill and feast on the cattle he leaves 
behind him, the wife having for her share, the houshold furmture 
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