. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . d while veryyoung to men old enough to be their fathers,and many tears are shed when the time formarriage is at hand. A resolute girl mayresist for years, and in such cases it does notappear to be the custom to return the brideprice. In one such case a Yankee intervenedin favour of the bridegroom, and, by a giftof a few yards of cloth, a mirror, and a stringof beads, quite reconciled the maiden toher fate. For was she not the best dowried\\-ife in the village ? In South Luzon the ceremony is qu
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . d while veryyoung to men old enough to be their fathers,and many tears are shed when the time formarriage is at hand. A resolute girl mayresist for years, and in such cases it does notappear to be the custom to return the brideprice. In one such case a Yankee intervenedin favour of the bridegroom, and, by a giftof a few yards of cloth, a mirror, and a stringof beads, quite reconciled the maiden toher fate. For was she not the best dowried\\-ife in the village ? In South Luzon the ceremony is quainter,for it consists in man and maid sitting on aplatform and having their heads bumpedtogether; after this follows the homecoming, at one period of which the brideputs on all her dresses. But before this stage is reached there is a critical j^oint forthe future husband ; for there is a spotwhere the bride stops to see how manypresents are coming to her. If they arenot enough, she promptly returns to hermother. The Igorot (mountain ]X0[)lr) are moun-tain agriculturists, and were until recently. Affairs, YOUNG IGOROT WOMAN OFAMBUKLAO, BENGUET. head-hunters. They are spread over awide area, and the groups differ con-siderably. The women averageIgorot fQyj fgg^ xm\^ in height; they Customs, wear their hair long and load theirears with heavy copper youth they are supple and well formed,but by the age of thirty they are alreadyold women, flabby, wrinkled, and little girls they have few pleasures ; dollsare unknown, and e\en puppies have noattraction for them ; but tliey take chargeof younger scions of the family at a preter-naturally early age, and find full scope fortheir maternal instincts in minding the and boys never play together ; thegreat game of the former is catch yourankle, a kind of prisoners base played 204 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS nightly on the grass. The players line upin a state of nature, crouch on the heels,and jump towards
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