Note 714 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
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Among the Todas, on betrothal, "dowers" consisting of buffaloes are exchanged. If the husband discards his wife, her father demands a return of her dower; if the wife abandons the husband, his father may take back his gift. In case the marriage be canceled because the husband has not fulfilled his part of the contract he may be "fined a buffalo or two": Marshall, A Phrenologist amongst the Todas, 210-13, 217-19. Compare Wake, op. cit., 451.