. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 120 Miles. expresses grief and puts the evil spirits to flight. The elder brother inherits the wife and children ; but if the deceased had no issue, his brother or relations must adopt or purchase an heir, who takes the dead man's name, and thus carries on the family. Children are frequently adopted by the Gallas ; the wife gives the child suck, the husband gives it hia thumb to bite, and the ties of relationship are henceforth inviolable. The Galla communities, tribes or fractions of tribes, which bear a distinct name, differing according to their politica
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 120 Miles. expresses grief and puts the evil spirits to flight. The elder brother inherits the wife and children ; but if the deceased had no issue, his brother or relations must adopt or purchase an heir, who takes the dead man's name, and thus carries on the family. Children are frequently adopted by the Gallas ; the wife gives the child suck, the husband gives it hia thumb to bite, and the ties of relationship are henceforth inviolable. The Galla communities, tribes or fractions of tribes, which bear a distinct name, differing according to their political surroundings and their upland or lowland place of habitation, may be reckoned by the hundred. Some of the clans have become Abyssinians by marriage and mode of life. Such are principally the Mechas of Go jam, the Jaggadas of Beghemeder, all nominally Christians; the Wollo
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