In case a man should have a second illegitimate child by the same woman, he is not expected to pay more than Rs. 10/- and often nothing at all. For a third child he would, however, have to pay a mithan. In case when asked to pay sawn man, the man at once expresses his desire to marry the girl, he would not have to pay the fine in addition to the usual marriage price. If, however, he delays in marrying her, he must pay both. In this matter, however, custom varies considerably in different villages. [5. Inheritance.] The general rule is for the youngest son to inherit, but occasionally the eldest also claims a share. With chiefs it is usual for each son, as he comes to a marriageable age, to be given a certain number of households and allowed to set up a village of his own, but the youngest generally remains with his father, and inherits his village and his property. Adoption.--Persons of property who have no son sometimes adopt a near relative, but there is no special ceremony; it is a purely private arrangement. The custom known as "Sa-phun," is in some respects akin to adoption. Should a chief have a very favourite boi, he sometimes grants him admission into his own clan. The "puitiam" being called, a fowl or a pig is sacrificed, after the appropriate prayer has been said, and a few of the hairs or feathers are tied round the man's neck, and he is henceforth considered to belong to the chief's clan. Anyone can thus admit another to his clan, but in practice it is seldom done, except by chiefs. I think the sacrifice is made with a view to propitiate the Sakhua of the clan which the man is abandoning. [6. Offences regarding property.] Certain articles are said "man a nei," "to have a price," and the theft of any of them is punished by a fine of one mithan, quite irrespective of the actual value of the article stolen. These are--rice cleaned or unhusked, cloths, guns, brass pots, domestic animals, and wild animals, or birds which have been killed or trapped. The theft of other articles is punished by fines of from Rs. 1/- to Rs. 5/-, which are taken by the chief and his upa, and termed "salam." Restitution of the articles stolen is always insisted on. To steal or even to retain a hoe or axe found on the road is most unlucky, and is supposed to be followed by the death of the finder's child.