[141] "It seems to me that the most common practice is the exchange of girls by their respective parents, as wives for each other's sons, or in some tribes the exchange of sisters, or of some female relatives by the young men themselves."—Trans. R.S.V., p. 116.
[142] With reference to the Australian facts Dr. Westermarck makes the same remark. "The simplest way of purchasing a wife is no doubt to give a kinswoman in exchange for her."—H.H.M., p. 390.
[143] Curr, A.R., i. p. 107, says also that in some tribes there are some insignificant marriage ceremonies.
[144] Howitt in Smiths. Rep., p. 798.
[145] Ibid.
[146] Kam. and Kurn., p. 343.
[147] A.R., i. p. 108.
[148] That capture of females occurs only very seldom is affirmed by Palmer, loc. cit., p. 301, and by Taplin, p. 10. J. Mathew, J.R.S.N.S.W., xxiii. p. 407, states that marriage by capture takes place between members of hostile communities. Quoted from Dr. Westermarck, H.H.M., p. 389.
[149] Also Curr, A.R., i. p. 108, affirms that elopement was usually severely punished and only very seldom legalized. He knew only three cases where eloped couples were allowed to live together permanently.
[150] Family means here in the first place the father, who disposed of his daughter; or in some cases the brother or near relative, who got or will get a wife in exchange for her.