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270 AN EARLY DUTCH ACCOUNT OF INDIA


theless, according to the opinion of the Bramines them- selves, it is a deed of imprudence when a Bramin taketh THE MARBLE ROCKS AT JABALPUR. to himself a wife from the Soudra caste; since when- soever a Bramin leaveth behind him offspring from such a wife, then that Bramin, so they are persuaded,