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