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The history of human marriage

Note 2481 — Chapter XVIII · THE DECAY OF MARRIAGE BY PURCHASE. THE MARRIAGE PORTION

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Azara, loc. cit. vol. ii. p. 92. For other similar instances, see Waitz, loc. cit. vol. ii. p. 522 (Somals); Munzinger, loc. cit. p. 324 (Beni-Amer); Baker, ‘The Nile Tributaries,’ p. 124 (Arabs of Upper Egypt); Hanoteau and Letourneux, loc. cit. vol. ii. p. 161 (Kabyles); Proyart, loc. cit. p. 569 (Negroes of Loango); Caillié, loc. cit. vol. i. p. 349 (Mandingoes); Fritsch, loc. cit. p. 192 (Bechuanas).

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