. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . ., or the father may hand over thegirl in return for services rendered, andthe husband removes to his father-in-lawshut with all his possessions. .^mong the Toba of the Gran Chaco aprice is paid for the bride, but the suitorhas also to undergo a test. He must dancebefore the hut of his love to tlie sound ofthe drum, beating out his tune on a skin-covered mortar half-filled with water. Ifhe is invited to come in and sit down,it is a sign that his jiroposal has beenaccepted. Among the Tehuelche,
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . ., or the father may hand over thegirl in return for services rendered, andthe husband removes to his father-in-lawshut with all his possessions. .^mong the Toba of the Gran Chaco aprice is paid for the bride, but the suitorhas also to undergo a test. He must dancebefore the hut of his love to tlie sound ofthe drum, beating out his tune on a skin-covered mortar half-filled with water. Ifhe is invited to come in and sit down,it is a sign that his jiroposal has beenaccepted. Among the Tehuelche, on theother hand, the bride-price is practicallynon-existent, for bridegroom and father-in-law exchange presents of equal value. Some of the Uaupes Indians practise akind of marriage by capture. The bride-grooms father sends a mes- at the brides fathers housewith a party of friends ; if the marriage islooked upon with favour, there are thenpreparations for a feast, which may lastfor two or three days, when the visitorswill carry off the bride in their own observations on the Uaupes and. Pltocoi:raph hy Dr. Koch Grttubcr^. SlUSl GIRL:Daughter ot the Chief Mandu, Rio Aiary, North-West Brazil, 364 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS Igana agree in the main with this. If aKobeua youth wishes to marry he firstobtains the consent of the girls father,and then remains for five days, duringwhich there is a great dance, accompaniedby much drinking. For tlie entertainmentof the guests tlie young man suppHessmoked fisli and game. The wedding properconsists in the handing over of the girlby her father, who makes a long cere-monial speech, and recommends her to herhusbands care. Then the youth takes herby the hand and hurries down to theriver ; behind them comes the girls father,lamenting and lightly striking his weepingdaughter on the back with his hand. Heis followed by the tearful mother, bearingher daughters trousseau — hammocks,baskets, pots, etc.—which she lays in thecanoe, and the newl
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