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No. L.—MARITAL RELATIONS. 
By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart. 
1. Ascertain tlie marriage ceremonies. 2. Is there more than 
one mode of marriage ? 3. Does the wife enter into the family or 
into the tribe of the husband ? 4. What are the respective rights 
and duties of the husband and wife ? 5. Is there more than one 
description of marriage ? 6. Is polygamy permitted ? if so, is 
there any head wife P and what are her privileges ? 7. Do the 
wives live together ? or do they have separate dwellings ? 8. 
Is concubinage permitted ? 9. Is polyandry permitted P if so, 
how are the husbands selected ? 10. What are the restrictions 
on marriage ? 11. What are the prohibited degrees of relation¬ 
ship ? 12. May a man marry a woman of the same family ? of 
the same name ? of the same tribe ? of another tribe ? 13. In 
what estimation are courtesans held ? 14. Is the marriage cere¬ 
mony regarded as possessing any religious character ? 15. In 
the wedding ceremony is there any symbol of a previous mar¬ 
riage to any deity ? 16. Are the women allowed much freedom 
before marriage? 17. When married are they good wives? 
18. Under what circumstances, if any, is divorce permitted ? 
19. May wives who have been divorced marry again ? 
No. LI.—RELATIONSHIPS. 
By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart. 
1. Are relationships traced in the male or female line ? 2. 
How are they estimated ? 3. How does property descend ? 
4. In what position does the family stand with reference to the 
tribe? 5. Are uncles and aunts on the father’s side distin¬ 
guished from those on the mother’s ? 6. Is a great uncle distin¬ 
guished from a grandfather ? 7. Is the system of relationship 
with reference to males the same as that with reference to fe¬ 
males ? 8. Is a friend generally addressed by his name, or by 
the title of his relationship ? 9. Are the genealogies carefully 
preserved ? if so, for how many generations is there any trust¬ 
worthy record ? 
