Thomas Malthus on the violent prelude to love in New Holland (Australia)

“The prelude to love in this country is violence, and of the most brutal nature. The savage selects his intended wife from the women of a different tribe, generally one at enmity with his own. He steals upon her in the absence of her protectors, and having first stupified her with blows of a club, [...] http://bit.ly/cNiW7m