Note 1 — Chapter I · RACE AND CASTE
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The actual date is very uncertain. Dr Burnell thinks the book was composed so late as A.D. 500, but it was probably much older.
[2] "Moon-physicians," an allusion to the crescent-shaped brass basin of the barber, such as the helmet of Don Quixote, familiar to us all.
[3] But see the postscript to this chapter.