Note 137.2 — Chapter XV · THE COUVADE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE STRENGTH OF THE BLOOD-TIE—CONCLUSION OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE THEORY OF THE LIFE-TOKEN.
Reading edition
De Mensignac, 9, citing Anne Raffenel, Nouveau Voyage dans les Pays des Nègres, and Hovelacque, Les Nègres de l’Afrique sus-Equatoriale. Mungo Park, 246, also describes the ceremony, but does not mention the special point now under consideration.