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or 6ve da vs, ike woman Kas io satire, and ikon map xo daclc io Ker kouse. Dke kusdand, during ikis iime, is also under restrictions, kavinx io live on ike same kood, and deinx de- darred fro in kuniinx. N^aai^OL.— Narriaxe ensiorns and rexulaiions varied somewkai in differeni Paris ok ike rexion, f^ccordinx io re- poris, sorne ok ikess ssern io Ke siill in voxue. In ike Lacra- rnenio Valley section, wken a nian wanted io marrp, Ke seni a kriend wiik a xiki ok deads io ike kamilp ok ike xirl. ffks preseni would de xiven io ike kaiker ok ike xirl, wko would keep ii ik Ke and Kis wike and ike oiker relatives considered ike xiki larxe enouxk, and ike rnaick a desiradls one. Ik ii was noi kavoradlp considered, ike xiki was reiurned. Lomeiimes ike kaiker xave ike deads io Kis droiker, and demanded a second xiki ok epual value kor kirnselk. ^ke conseni ok ike xirl was always necessary, and was odiaincd usually dp ike suiior dekore sendinx ike xiki io Ker parenis. Ik accepied, ike rnan usually weni io live wiik ike xirl's karnilv, ik tkep were mem- ders ok Kis own villaxe. Ik Kis wike was ok anoiker villaxe, kowever, sks invariadlp carne io live wiik kirn, kor a period ok some rnoniks, ai leasi, ike kusdand kunied and ksked kor ike karnilv ok Kis wike. Okien, ik ske were krorn anoiker village, ike pair would make a lonx visii wiik Ker kamilp adoui six rnoniks akier ike marriaxe. ffkere seerns io kave keen no verp xeneral rule as io wksiker ike rnan skould ckoose Kis wike wiikin or wiikoui ike vikaxs On ike wkole, ikere would appear io kave keen a slixkilp xreater praciics ok local exoxamp. Nanp men were monox- amous; dui ikose wko could afford ii xenerallv kad iwo or more wives, alikouxk ike ckiek was ike onlp one, usuallp, wko kad as manv as kour. Ik a man kad more ikan one wike, ikere seems io kave keen no noiicsadls difference in rank deiween ikem, all kavinx epual rixkis. Lkould a wike prove unkaitkkul, Ker kaiker was odlixed io take Ker dack axam, and repap ike kusdand ike purckase-monep or xiki mads ai ike iims ok marriaxe. ffke leviraie, wkile noi compulsorp, was usuallp complied wiik. ffke ordinary cusioms in rexard io ike motker-in-law were in korcs, moiker-in-law and son-in-law