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wife who give her as a present, and has nothing to do with outsiders. This card of presentation is executed

and given as proof.

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This agreement is drawn up by

a junior member of the clan who has a second son aged ... years. A senior member of the clan, being in want of posterity, selects (this son)

to be his son. I

and my wife

do hereby give our consent to our second son going over to his family to be brought up by his wife in order to continue his family line.

I have, this day, in conjunction with my wife, received ... dollars for nursing my son, who will this day enter the family, and will obey the directions of the senior member and his wife. When he has attained to manhood, he will be married, and his offspring will for ever be considered the descendants of the senior member.

The family inheritance is not to be squandered nor wasted in profligacy by him, and no others are to usurp the same under any pretext whatsoever. This is agreed to by both parties. In future, I will neither go back on my word, nor instigate (the son) to rebel, nor to leave (the family of the senior member) with abundance after he came to it empty handed, nor will I depart

from