[2768] Dalton, p. 8. Castrén, in ‘Helsingfors Morgonblad,’ 1843, no. 54.
[2769] Central Asiatic Turks (Vámbéry, ‘Das Türkenvolk,’ p. 248), Kalmucks (Moore, loc. cit. p. 181), Tunguses, Jakuts (Sauer, loc. cit. pp. 49, 129).
[2770] v. Siebold, loc. cit. p. 31. Bickmore, in ‘Trans. Ethn. Soc.,’ N. S. vol vii. p. 20. St. John, in ‘Jour. Anthr. Inst.,’ vol. ii. p. 254. Dixon, in ‘Trans. As. Soc. Japan,’ vol. xi. pt. i. p. 44. Dall, loc. cit. p. 525.
[2771] Prejevalsky, ‘Mongolia,’ vol. i. p. 69; vol. ii. p. 121.
[2772] Medhurst, in ‘Trans. Roy. As. Soc. China Branch,’ vol. iv. p. 21. Parker, ‘Comparative Chinese Family Law,’ in ‘The China Review,’ vol. viii. p. 78. Jamieson, ibid., vol. x. p. 80.
[2773] Gray, loc. cit. vol. i. p. 212.
[2774] Medhurst, p. 15. When dying, concubines who have not had children are removed from the dwelling-house to a humbler abode; they are not entitled to die in the dwelling-house of their master (Gray, vol. i. p. 213).
[2775] Ibid., vol. i. p. 212-214.
[2776] Jamieson, p. 80. Medhurst, pp. 15, 21.
[2777] Parker, p. 79.