Note 7 — Chapter VIII · TOTEMISM AND FETISHISM.
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There are some Hindu families in the Kolába District who believe that their kul or totem consists of the tortoise and the goat, and they do not eat the flesh of such animals. A certain community of the Vaishyas or traders known as Swár believe that a jack tree or Phanas is their kul, and they do not use the leaves of that tree.7