Show CURIOUS CU rious PAPUAN lawa tribe where Sic teral children inherit a mans property A methodist missionary in british now guinea now known as papua rey rev W E brownlow Drown low has added to the worlds knowledge knowl edgo of 0 the curious and little known races of tho the great north pacific island by tho the discovery and partial taming of a now new tribe the race in question consists blacks living at a place called bobu the customs ot of the race ara are must curious the immigration gratton policy la Is moro more drastic than that of white australia Aua for all st strangers rankers have either cither to become full members of 0 the tribe or be eaten when dealing with mr brownlow however the difficulty was got over by making him a father of the tribe each tribe and each family had bad their own land and no portion Is allowed to go out of their possession pos session except as aa a loan for a seasons season a crop the men marry out put of 0 their own tribe and on their death their land becomes the property of 61 their st slaters aters children women have great influence in the affairs of the tribe and their duties are quite distinct from those of the I 1 men the men clear the bush and dig the ground then the women prepare it and plant yami the crop being theirs if a man wants any bams yams yai ns he has to ask for them the banana patch however Is bis big own property wives are obtained by purchase if a man pays well for his wife he can thrash her occasionally but she could leave him it if she abo did not like it and go back to her own village their heaven to Is a place where tho the healthy strong and good looking go all the others go to hell heil london chronicle |