Show Wives on Instalment Plan an anN IN N Uganda the thc average cost of a wife is four IN I bulls a n box of cartridges and anel six sewing needles A Kaffir Jady lady according to the social status of or her 1 family is is worth from two to ten cows A Navajo girl cannot be bought for less than 10 horses In a wom woman n is paid for forb forby forby b by her weight eight i in butter the in father-in- law prefers reindeer in payment while the thc of India content themselves with some rice and n a rupee A rich of Northeastern Assam has hns to pay 20 oxen for a wife but a poor fellow may get one for a mere hog In Malay Archipelago pa payment ment must be made in elephant tusks In ro British East Bast Africa they can marry marry marry mar mar- ry y on tho the instalment plan but the wife is not nots' nots delivered to the thc purchaser s' s until the thc last instalment Among tribes ribes in Africa Africa Af Af- Afore ore ment nt has been paid many the thc he law in n la has rica Asia and America son son- to serve er his law in even e a as Jacob served La La- bun ban The Thc amount due duc for the wife wire i is gradually deducted from frum his wages until the full price has baa been paid in work |