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Show The Girl Proposes The Inhabitants of lllmhi, In ther . 1 Greek ntrhlpelngo, nro engaged nl- I most entirely In sponge fishing. When I n girl deslrcn to mnrry sho waits until 1 sho hns obtained tho number of I sponges from t3ie sen that corre- 1 sponds with tho number of years sho- I hns lived. These she places in a silk I nct,which she presents to the man of I Gier icliolce. Should he refuse, his I cliunces of obtaining another bride I uie remote, as usunljy the Illmlua I maidens Mum him ns a punishment. I |