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When the poorer people buy (female) slaves they keep them for themselves, and change them every year as one would replace old things by new; but the women who have children are not sold. WHEN THE POORER PEOPLE BUY FEMALE SLAVES THEY KEEP THEM FOR THEMSELVES AND CHANGE THEM EVERY YEAR AS ONE WOULD REPLACE OLD THINGS BY NEW BUT THE WOMEN WHO HAVE CHILDREN ARE NOT SOLD
s, writes thus: Women frequently contract as many as ten marriages, and those who have only been married twice are few in number. If a woman sees her husband growing old, or if she happen to admire any one else, she goes to the Shereef (the spiritual and civil head of the holy city), and after having settled the matter with him she puts away her husband and takes to herself another, who is, perhaps, good-looking and rich. In this way a marriage seldom lasts more than a year or two. And of slave-girls the same high and impartial authority, still writing of the holy city and of her fellow-Moslems, tells us: Some of the women (African and Georgian girls) are taken in marriage; and after that, on being sold again, they receive from their masters a divorce, and are sold in their houses--that is to say, they are sent to the purchaser from their master's house on receipt of payment, and are not exposed for sale in the slave-market. They are only _married_ when purchased for the first time.... THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE HOLY PLACES WRITE THUS WOMEN FREQUENTLY CONTRACT AS MANY AS TEN MARRIAGES AND THOSE WHO HAVE ONLY BEEN MARRIED TWICE ARE FEW IN NUMBER IF A WOMAN SEES HER HUSBAND GROWING OLD OR IF SHE HAPPEN TO ADMIRE ANY ONE ELSE SHE GOES TO THE SHERIFF THE SPIRITUAL AND CIVIL HEAD OF THE HOLY CITY AND AFTER HAVING SETTLED THE MATTER WITH HIM SHE PUTS AWAY HER HUSBAND AND TAKES TO HERSELF ANOTHER WHO IS PERHAPS GOOD LOOKING AND RICH IN THIS WAY A MARRIAGE SELDOM LASTS MORE THAN A YEAR OR TWO AND OF SLAVE GIRLS AND THE SAME HIGH AND IMPARTIAL AUTHORITY STILL WRITING OF THE HOLY CITY AND OF HER FELLOW MOSLEM STEALTHES SOME OF THE WOMEN AFRICAN AND GEORGIAN GIRLS ARE TAKEN IN MARRIAGE AND AFTER THAT ON BEING SOLD AGAIN THEY RECEIVE FROM THEIR MASTERS A DEVOES AND ARE SOLD IN THEIR HOUSES THAT IS TO SAY THEY ARE SENT TO THE PURCHASER FROM THEIR MASTER'S HOUSE ON DECEIT OF PAYMENT AND ARE NOT EXPOSED FOR SALE IN THE SLAVE MARKET THEY ARE ONLY MARRIED WHEN PURCHASED FOR THE FIRST TIME
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