Thechildrenareveryprettyandattractive，andtheirfacesgivepromiseofanintelligencewhichislackinginthoseoftheadults。

　　Theyaremuchloved，andarecaressingaswellascaressed。TheinfantsofthemountainAinoshaveseedsofmilletputintotheirmouthsassoonastheyareborn，andthoseofthecoastAinosamorselofsalt-fish；andwhateverbethehourofbirth，“custom“

　　requiresthattheyshallnotbefeduntilanighthaspassed。Theyarenotweaneduntiltheyareatleastthreeyearsold。Boysarepreferredtogirls，butbotharehighlyvalued，andachildlesswifemaybedivorced。

　　Childrendonotreceivenamestilltheyarefourorfiveyearsold，andthenthefatherchoosesanamebywhichhischildisafterwardsknown。Youngchildrenwhentheytravelareeithercarriedontheirmothers’backsinanet，orinthebackoftheloosegarment；butinbothcasestheweightismainlysupportedbyabroadbandwhichpassesroundthewoman’sforehead。Whenmencarrythemtheyholdthemintheirarms。Thehairofveryyoungchildrenisshaven，andfromaboutfivetofifteentheboysweareitheralargetonsureortuftsabovetheears，whilethegirlsareallowedtogrowhairallovertheirheads。

　　Implicitandpromptobedienceisrequiredfrominfancy；andfromaveryearlyagethechildrenareutilisedbybeingmadetofetchandcarryandgoonmessages。Ihaveseenchildrenapparentlynotmorethantwoyearsoldsentforwood；andevenatthisagetheyaresothoroughlytrainedintheobservancesofetiquettethatbabiesjustabletowalknevertoddleintooroutofthishousewithoutformalsalutationstoeachpersonwithinit，themotheraloneexcepted。

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