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not looking nt or spsakinA to sack otksr. ^ks Ionian alwavs covered Ker ksad wken ske rnet Ker dauAkter's kn8kand. In tke toot-kill region tks Airi seems to kavs kad little or no ckoics in tke matter ok a kuskand. 8kou1d a man take a kancv to a Airi, Ke would Ao to Ker lodZe, sit down beside Ker katker, and talk witk Kim kor a skort time. In tkis conversa tion no mention would Ke mads ok tke Airl or ok tke man's intentions, ^kess visits would Ke made krepuentl^, and tken, at tke end ok a week or so, discontinued. 4Ke man would tken exert kimselk to knnt and 6sk, carr^inA tke Aame secured to tke kouse ok tks Airi's kamil^, and tkrowinA it down, saving, " I Aive vou a deer," or words to tkat ekksct. Ik tks Aikts were accepted, it was a siAN tkat tke man was satiskactor^ to tks parents. Ik tkus accepted, tks man would tken continue kor some time to krinA somstkinA at sack visit, witkout, kowevsr, AoinA into tke kouse. IVKen Ke kad krouAkt tks pries agreed upon, or wkat ks considered a sukkcisnt amount in case no kAurs kad keen set kp tke girl's parents, ks came into tke kouse once more. /V ked would tken Ke prepared kor tke Airi at a distance krom tkat ok Ker parents, and tke Airi would retire earlv. IVken tks parents went to ked, tks man, now regarded as tke Airi's kuskand, went to Ker ked, and took up Kis place as a memker ok Ker kamilv. 4'Ke pair usually lived tkus at tke kouse ok tke Airi's parents till tke Airi was old enouAk to manaAe a kouse kerselk, ik sks kad keen married ver)' vounA, or till tke kuskand could provide a kouse kor Ker. Nsn married as man)' wives as tks^ could akkord, and okten Airis were Aiven as wives wkcn onl^ six or eiZkt ^ears ok aAS. Old men okten kad kour or klvs wives, ranAinA krom ten to kktzz ^sars ok aAS or more. Ikere was AeneraU^ muck dis cord in tke kamikss wkere tkere were man^ wives, ^dulter^ was said to kavs keen common, and tks general moral status low. Iks klortkeastern Naidu kave muck tks same customs. Here as elsewkere, tkere seems to kavs keen no deknits rule as to endoAam^ or exoAamv. In courtinA, tks suitor Aoes to tke kouss ok tks Zirl's parents, taicinA no Aikts witk Kim. Ne enters, and sits down puietlv. IVKen evsninA comes, ik