...and fancy he tells them in a Dream when they (hall marry, but they muft firft be drunk and fing Songs to him. A Man may have as many Wives . as he can buy and maintain, of which he muft give an Account to their Parents. The firft and her Children have...

...first child is born. When a man marries a second or third wife this custom is limited to a week or two. A man may have as many wives as he can afford to buy and keep, but as they are very jealous of one another, they are provided with separate huts in...

...first child is born. When a man marries a second or third wife this custom is limited to a week or two. A man may have as many wives as he can afford to buy and keep, but as they are very jealous of one another, they are provided with separate huts in...

...plaits, hanging round the ears like the fringe-work of a curtain; some had the head entirely shaved. A man may have as many wives as he can afford to keep. The skin of some of the women was here and there stained with camwood, and the galena to the...

...in exchange. The morality of the Ovambo is, very low, and polygamy is practiced to a great extent. A man may have as many wives as he can afford to keep; but, as with the Damaras, there is always one who is the favorite and the highest in rank. Woman...

...in fact purchased from her father, and her affections not necessarily, though generally, considered. A man may have as many wives as he can afford to keep, and when he can purchase four or five, their labour in the field is worth even more to the household...

...African tribes, which is not saying much in their favor. Polygamy is practised to a great extent, and a man may have as many wives as he can afford to maintain. Our guide, on the occasion of my first journey to Ondonga in company with Mr. Galton, was...

...African tribes, which is not saying much in their favour. Polygamy is practised to a great extent, and a man may have as many wives as he can afford to maintain. Our guide, on the occasion of my first journey to Ondonga in company with Mr. Galton, was...

...him, to his last garment, is purchasable. Marriage. — ' The Mishmis are extensive polygamists. Each man may have as many wives as he can afford to purchase, the price ranging from a pig to as high as twenty oxen. One Chief, well known in Upper Assam, Matchisong,...

...than the wife of a very poor man who has no property except his only wife." And Danks states that Ba man may have as many wives as he can afford to purchase. If he cannot afford to purchase one, and his credit is low, he may have to remain single. The headmen...