Note 3400 — Chapter XXIII · THE DURATION OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
Reading edition
Mr. Crawfurd (loc. cit. vol. i. p. 79) points out the connection, in Java, between the frequency of women deserting their husbands and the abundance of food; the laboriousness and industriousness of the women, who can earn a subsistence independent of a husband, and the tameness and servileness of the men.