Note 589 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT

So in New Guinea: Kohler, in ZVR., VII, 371. In some cases the "man goes over to the woman's family or tribe to live there forever; but Dr. Starcke suggests that this custom has a different origin from the other, being an expression of the strong clan sentiment, and not a question of gain."—Westermarck, Human Marriage, 391; Starcke, Primitive Family, 39. For McLennan's view of so-called "Beena" marriage, see above, p. 16.