At marriages in South Arabia, the bride and bridegroom have to sit immovable in the same position from noon till midnight, fasting, in separate rooms.  The bride is attended by ladies, and the groom by men.  They may not see each other till the night of the fourth day.  In Egypt, the groom cannot see the face of his bride, even by a surreptitious glance, till she is in his absolute possession.  Then comes the ceremony, which he performs, of uncovering her face.  In Egypt, of course, this has been accentuated by the seclusion and veiling of women.  In Morocco, at the feast before the marriage, the bride and groom sit together on a sort of throne; all the time, the poor bride’s eyes are firmly closed, and she sits amidst the revelry as immovable as a statue.  On the next day is the marriage.  She is conducted after dark to her future home, accompanied by a crowd with lanterns and candles.  She is led with closed eyes along the street by two relatives, each holding one of her hands.  The bride’s head is held in its proper position by a female relative, who walks behind her.  She wears a veil, and is not allowed to open her eyes until she is set on the bridal bed, with a girl friend beside her.  Amongst the Zulus, the bridal party proceeds to the house of the groom, having the bride hidden amongst them.  They stand facing the groom, while the bride sings a song.  Her companions then suddenly break away, and she is discovered standing in the middle, with a fringe of beads covering her face.  Amongst the people of Kumaun, the husband sees his wife first after the joining of hands.  Amongst the Bedui of North East Africa, the bride is brought on the evening of the wedding-day by her girl friends, to the groom’s house.  She is closely muffled up.  Amongst the Jews of Jerusalem, the bride, at the marriage ceremony, stands under the nuptial canopy, her eyes being closed, that she may not behold the face of her future husband before she reaches the bridal chamber.  In Melanesia, the bride is carried to her new home on some one’s back, wrapped in many mats, with palm-fans held about her face, because she is supposed to be modest and shy.  Among the Damaras, the groom cannot see his bride for four days after marriage.  When a Damara woman is asked in marriage, she covers her face for a time with the flap of a headdress made for this purpose.  At the Thlinkeet marriage ceremony, the bride must look down, and keep her head bowed all the time; during the wedding-day, she remains hiding in a corner of the house, and the groom is forbidden to enter.  At a Yezedee marriage, the bride is covered from head to foot with a thick veil, and when arrived at her new home, she retires behind a curtain in the corner of a darkened room, where she remains for three days before her husband is permitted to see her.  In Corea, the bride has to cover her face with her long sleeves, when meeting the bridegroom at the wedding.  The Manchurian bride uncovers her face for the first time when she descends from the