At the outset of our argument it was seen that if it could be shown that exogamous tribes existed , and that the usual relations of savage tribes to each other were those of hostility , we should have found a social condition in which it was inevitable that wives should systematically be procured by capture 在讨论的开始我们已经看到，如果外婚部落是存在的，而且野蛮部落间相互的关系是那样敌对的，我们将发现这样一种社会情况：有系统地靠捕掠获得妻子将是不可避免的。
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It also appeared that if the existence of exogamous tribes either actually capturing their wives , or observing the symbol of capture in their marriage ceremonies , should be established in a reasonable number of cases , it would be legitimate inference that exogamy has prevailed wherever we find a system of capture , or the form of capture , existing 它同样表明，如果外婚部落的存在（无论是实际地捕获他们的妻子，还是在婚礼中刻意表现劫夺的象征）有相当数量的案例加以确定，这将是合理的推论，在任何我们发现系统的劫掠或形式的劫掠存在的地方，都流行外婚。
