Note 56 — TALE OF KAMAR AL-ZAMAN.53
Reading edition
.. In hot-damp climates the venereal requirements and reproductive powers of the female greatly exceed those of the male.... In cold-dry or hot-dry mountainous lands the reverse is the case; hence polygamy there prevails whilst the low countries require polyandry in either form, legal or illegal, i.e., prostitution.—Note by Sir Richard Burton. See, also, excursus to this story, where the subject is dealt with at length.