Infidelity on either side is very rare.

No man has more than one wife, and no wife of mature years has less than two husbands,--sometimes she has three, but such instances are not frequent.

The marriage tie, whatever it may be, does not appear to be indissoluble; for separations occasionally happen.

These, however, when they do take place, produce no unhappiness, and are preceded by no bickerings; for the simple reason, that an ill-used wife or a henpecked husband is not obliged to file a bill in Chancery to obtain a divorce.
As nothing stands in the way of a separation, the matrimonial yoke sits easily and lightly, and a Typee wife lives on very pleasant and sociable terms with her husband.

On the whole, wedlock, as known among these Typees, seems to be of a more distinct and enduring nature than is usually the case with barbarous people.