CHAPTER III.

THE FEMALE SEX--POLYGAMY--MODES OF BURIAL, &c.

Position of the Female Sex--Infanticide--The Women are the Cultivators

--A Plea for Polygamy--Marital Establishments--Kaika, the principal

Wife of the Shortland Chief--Her Death--The Obsequies--Modes of Burial

--Superstitious Beliefs--Sorcerers--Method of Recording Time--The

Pleiades pp. 41-56

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