Note 710 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
Reading edition
Compare Sarasin, Die Weddas von Ceylon, I, 460, 461. Sometimes girdles (Lendenschnuren) are exchanged by bride and groom. Free courtship exists; and this primitive people presents a notable example of the pairing-family. The English author DeButts naïvely remarks, "The savage Veddahs live in pairs like the beasts of the forest": Sarasin, op. cit., I, 549.