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Show The Girl Proposes i The Inhabitants of Himia, in ths Greek archipelago, are engaged almost al-most entirely in sponge fishing. When,' a girl desires to marry she waits until' she has obtained the number of sponges from the sea that corresponds corre-sponds with the number of years sha has lived. These she places in a silt net.whlch she presents to the man of her choice. Should lie refuse, his cliances of obtaining another- bride are remote, as usually the Himlan maidens shun him as a punishment, i |