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226 S U M A T R A.
entirely by the fame fpirit, differ from thofe eftablifhed amongft the Rc>
jangs, in feveral particulars.
The marriage by joojoor is there termed kcolo. When the parties are
determined in their regards, the father of the young man, or the boojong
himfelf, goes to the houfe of the father of the woman, carrying with him
forty, fifty dollars, or more. On opening his defign he tenders this
money as a prefent, and the others acceptance of it is a token that he
is inclined to forward the match. This is the bufinefs of the firft vifit.
The money thus depofited is called puggatan, and when the marriage
is agreed upon, it is confidered as an equivalent for the drefs, and ornaments
which the bride carries with her. It lies often in the hands of the
girls father, three, fix, or twelve months, before the marriage is confummated.
He fometimes fends for more, and is never refufed; but it
would be deemed fcandalous for him to liften to any other prppofals,
whilft he thus continues dallam rajfan (in treaty) with the former perfon.
The purchafe money confifts of three diftinct fums. The ooroop niaow
(price of life), forty dollars ; a creefe with a gold head and filver ftieath,
valued at ten dollars; and the foudo con billeej or pootoofe koolo (conclufion
of the bargain), twenty dollars. Thefe are generally made diftincl:
payments.
The koolo marriage may be difiblved at the pleafure of either of the
parties. If the woman infills on feparating, the children, if any, remain
with the father. If the hufband fues for the divorce, the children are
divided. In thefe cafes the purchafe money is returned; an exact
eftimation is made of the value of the woman's trinkets, and what are
not reftored, muft be made good by the hufband. Sometimes a deduction
is made from the purchafe money, according to the circumftances
of the affair. All this is fettled by the chiefs aflembled, if the parties
cannot agree upon the terms amongft themfelves.
In the ambel ana marriage, when the father refolves to difmifs the
.hufband of his daughter, and fend him back to his doofoon, the fum for
which