Lumholtz speaks of the woman as the slave of her husband. "He does only what pleases himself, and leaves all work to his wives; therefore the more wives he has the richer he is."[896] We see here again the economic value of a wife directly stated. In another place: "It is the women who daily provide food," often making long excursions for this purpose, and collecting fruits, digging roots and chopping larvæ out of the tree-stems. "She must do all the hard work," carry the baby, make the fire, cook, provide water and fuel, dress the hut. She carries all the baggage on the march, as well as the children. The man carries only his arms. "The husband's contribution to the household is chiefly honey, but occasionally he provides eggs, game, lizards, and the like. He very often, however, keeps the animal food for himself, while the woman has to depend principally upon vegetables for herself and her child. Upon the whole he feels no responsibility as the father of a family."[897] It is interesting to find that the men make not only weapons but also, exclusively, baskets.[898] [896] _Loc. cit._, p. 100. [897] _Loc. cit._, p. 160, 161. [898] _Ibid._, p. 193. Among the North-West Queensland tribes: "It is the husband's business, in the main, to supply the animal food for the family, and although a particular dietary may be forbidden him he has no compunction in hunting or killing it for his kith and kin."[899] It is necessary to add that according to Roth's information each member of a given family has some special food forbidden to him; because each class has its special food taboos, and in a family the father, the mother and the children, each belong to a different class.[900] Roth sees in this institution the chief aim of the class system.[901] Vegetable food and fish seem to be supplied by women chiefly.[902] The same general principle of sexual division of labour is reported in another place by the same author. We read there that the father's duty was to supply his family with animal food, whereas the mother had to provide the vegetable food. On the wanderings the wife follows her husband at a considerable distance, carrying all the implements and often the children.[903] [899] _Eth. Stud._, p. 184. [900] _Ibid._, p. 57. [901] _Ibid._, p. 69. [902] _Eth. Stud._, ch. v. _passim_, especially pp. 91, 94, 95. [903] _N.Q. Eth. Bull._ 8, p. 9, § 2. Among the natives of Cape York the woman has to procure practically all food for herself and her husband.[904] [904] Macgillivray, _loc. cit._, ii. p. 9.