Note 38 — FIRST SECTION.
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The King of Calicut at the southern extremity of Malabar gives his principal Priest a honorarium of 500 dollars, that he may loose his wives’ virgin-zone for him in the name of the Deity. Sonnerat, “Voyage aux Indes orientales” (Travels to the East Indies), Vol. I. p. 69. Hamilton, “New Account of the East Indies,” Vol. I. p. 308.