. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . san oven that is kept supplied with fuel forforty-four days. The unfortunate patientendures agonies of thirst during this periodof torture, but is only allowed to drink alittle tea or pineapple juice ; water muston no account be given to her. At the endof the forty-four days she is allowed to riseand is given a bath, to which is added thejuice of sour oranges. On account of theirearly marriages Sumatran wi^•es bear childrenlong before they are twenty years of age,and at thirty they are too old
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . san oven that is kept supplied with fuel forforty-four days. The unfortunate patientendures agonies of thirst during this periodof torture, but is only allowed to drink alittle tea or pineapple juice ; water muston no account be given to her. At the endof the forty-four days she is allowed to riseand is given a bath, to which is added thejuice of sour oranges. On account of theirearly marriages Sumatran wi^•es bear childrenlong before they are twenty years of age,and at thirty they are too old to expectfurther additions to their families. A child is carried straddling across onehip of the mother, and supported by a clothband which passes across theSumatran ^^^^^ ^f ^j^g mother and isChildren. , - , , -. i i knotted on the opposite shoul-der. Children are suckled till they are twoor three years old, but are soon taught towalk and to look after themselves; in fact,it may be said of them, as it has been saidof ;\Ialay children, that they can walk,swim, and smoke before they are BATTAK WOMAN (SUMATRA) Resting on the notched log which serves as a ladder to the house. She holds a winnowing basket in her right hand, and has a basketful of rice on her head. 22
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