[191] Cf. Micah, vi. 7: “Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
[192] Boas, op. cit. p. 46.
[193] Ibid. p. 52.
[194] Macdonald, Light in Africa, p. 156. Frazer, op. cit. ii. 51 sq.
[195] Hartland, op. cit. i. 217 sq. von den Steinen, Unter den Naturvölkern Zentral-Brasiliens, p. 336 sq. Leist, Alt-arisches Jus Gentium, p. 98 sqq. Idem, Alt-arisches Jus Civile, i. 189 sqq. Laws of Manu, ix. 8: “The husband, after conception by his wife, becomes an embryo and is born again of her.”
[196] Storm, quoted by Noreen, Spridda Studier, Anara Samlingen, p. 4.
[197] Placucci, Usi e pregiudizj dei contadini della Romagna, p. 23.
[198] von den Steinen, op. cit. p. 337.
[199] Staden, quoted by Andree, Anthropophagie, p. 103.
[200] Kidd, The Essential Kafir, p. 202. I am indebted to Mr. N. W. Thomas for drawing my attention to this statement.