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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,