Note 2511 — Chapter XVIII · THE DECAY OF MARRIAGE BY PURCHASE. THE MARRIAGE PORTION
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Cf. Heriot, loc. cit. p. 335 (North American Indians); Ellis, ‘Polynesian Researches,’ vol. i. p. 270 (Tahitians); Waitz, loc. cit. vol. ii. p. 110 (Negroes); Burton, ‘The Lake Regions of Central Africa,’ vol. ii. p. 332 (East Africans); Post, ‘Afrikanische Jurisprudenz,’ vol. i. p. 376 (several African peoples); Huc, loc. cit. vol. i. p. 185 (Tartars); Georgi, loc. cit. pp. 67, et seq. (Voguls).