Show IN NEW BRITAIN and neighboring islandxon the west coast of Guinea t tba natives do not confine their cannibalism can-nibalism to missionaries though they prefer missionary thigh prepared f with coccannt milk and dressed with banana leaves to any delicacy the country affords IL is not uncommon for a husband to kill and eat his wife as the latter is i simply property bought sold eaten or otherwise disposed dis-posed of as the purchaser chooses If a wife becomes unruly quarrelsome or otherwise disagreeable the bus band first tries to sell her and citing in that puts her to the next best use namely cats her Even in Siberia I wives are bought and sold though not devoured At Ueuri the average I I price of a wife is eight dogs and a sledge or two cases of brandy though an inferior article can be obtained for fees In America the traffic la not conducted eo openly nor upon such business principles yet there is a good deal of buying of wives going on and there is monetary value placed upon not a few of them |