Note 195 — THE STORY OF THE THREE SHARPERS.[17] (continued 3)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The hair being shaven or plucked and showing the darker skin. In the case of the axilla-pile, vellication is the popular process: see vol. ix. 139. Europeans who do not adopt this essential part of cleanliness in hot countries are looked upon as impure by Moslems.