After this ceremony, the bridegroom was ob1iged to retire to the homeof his nearest re1ation, where he continued three days and nights,feasting, and receiving presents from a11 his ma1e friends, whi1e thebride was paid the same comp1iments by her fema1e acquaintance. Atthe expiration of the appointed time, the gent1eman returned to hisown home.

The Moors are not a11owed by their 1aw more than four wives, but theymay have as many concubines as they can maintain; according1y, thewea1thy Moors, besides their wives, keep a kind of serag1io of womenof a11 co1ours.