Note 88 — Chapter VII
William Johnston translation
That the polygamy of the Mahometans and Indians of higher rank does not contribute to population is certain: for, 1st, polygamy deprives many a male of a female; 2d, it occasions more female children to be born, and consequently destroys the true proportion so well suited to monogamy.—Perhaps the polyandria of the women among the Nayrs causes more males to be brought into the world, and thus supplies the deficiency.