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17.
If any one foments ill-will to etc of such a nature as to cause tribal or inter-tribal disturbance. he knows he is not safe from reparation at the hands of any others whom he is satisfied have not sided with him, until he has got them to throw a spear either at him or over him. For this purpose he will retire from camp for a few days with his friends, and send in some old woman to find out exactly how the land lies, and tell him who, and how many, there are that bear him ill-will: having learnt this, he returns at last and calls upon them one by one to throw a spear Either over or at him, though often times these latter will be satisfied by giving him a sound talking to. At any rate, the spear having once been thrown, he knows, and the community re-cognise [recognise], that he can expect no further hurt or harm at the hands of the thrower.
9.Morals. A good and virtuous man, one who does interfere with the women is known as tchan-kâ, while a vicious, sensual one is spoken of as Koo-lī: the term Kúlg-nâ express a mischievous and obstreperous individual - a "bully" in fact. There are no precepts of right or wrong, except the knowledge that certain transgressions have their respective punishments. The following acts may be done by a father without its being any's any one's right or duty to condemn him: - He has been known to break his son's arm when the latter was violent-tempered and insisted on throwing spears, after being warned, to the common danger : he can punish his wife's faithlessness : he will hold his daughter, when guilty of adultery, while her husband or husband's group or blood-brothers spear her in the thigh or leg : if his son takes his departure and deserts him for a long time, without permission of course, he may knock him about as much as he pleases : when it suits his interests, he