[17] N. Subramani Aiyar, Malabar Quart. Review, VII, I, 1908.
[18] A New Account of the East Indies, 1744.
[19] The Nambūtiris everywhere believe that Europeans have tails.
[20] The Todas, 1906.
[21] Taravād or tarwad: a marumakkatāyam family, consisting of all the descendants in the female line of one common female ancestor.
[22] The Lusiad.
[23] Chela, the cloth worn by Mūppillas (Muhammadans in Malabar). There are also Chela Nāyars. The word is said to mean the rite of circumcision.
[24] Malabar Quart. Review, I, 1, 1902.
[25] In all ceremonies, and indeed in all arrangements connected with labour in rural Malabar, it is the rule to reckon in the old, and not in the existing, currency.
[26] Brahmanism and Hinduism.