I86 MANNERS AND usT'oMs
oflnee remitted, or the severest se6
tkee annexed t6 it Carried into tinant
exerutio;:*
 'They haVe one law against adultery
which hat 'soutethiitg iltidus in it; Thi
ne iniposed on the offender -is, tht he
pay the injured hnsba*d, dt ft. Thbi
phltty the had iman of the partienlkt
tribe to which the adulterer belongs i
strictly bound by long cetiddf to tee
pi"e6t0tMlf 66mp ied vith, or, We6 of his
own cattle may be taken as a lawful indeot
ithy. Should the latter happen, the ehief
then exacts, at an equivalent fot what he
loses by the offence, a stated period of sert
tftue from the offender.
 In this country there is neither priest,
physician, or lawyer; bit there is a pro.
fessor of another science, who commonly
unites the duties of the three;- this is th,
Sokee, or Conjuror, a person of hih iiA-
 See Robertson, Hist. America, Vol. iii. p.
333, 10th Ed.