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15 men have ten or fifteen wives, from first to last. When a man leaves his wife, if they have children, they remain with their mother. When a woman leaves her husband (which is frequently the case), she sometimes leaves her children with him. Husbands & wives often quarrel, and the wife is frequently beaten severely. My informant has known some women to die from the effects of a family cudgelling. Two wives seldom live together in peace.

Children are not taught to obey their parents, and are seldom punished. Small children often strike their parents and throw stones and clubs at them.

They are taught from their infancy to revenge themselves - by the way, lessons on this subject are quickly learnt.

If a woman is unfaithful to her husband, he sometimes punishes her by cutting off her nose, or a piece of her scalp - or otherwise disfiguring her. If one man entices away another's wife, he is sometimes killed by the injured party.

They have no laws, - each one being his own avenger. - The weak are unprotected and the strong go unpunished. If a man is murdered, his death is avenged by his relations, if he have any; but if