[ [199] In ancient Egypt, which presents numerous analogies with Japan, interference with the irrigation channels was deemed an offence against the deity.
[ [200] Compare Leviticus xviii. 17.
[ [201] Leviticus xii. 1; xv. 19.
[ [202] See above, [p. 113.] The couvade was unknown.
[ [203] Compare Leviticus xiii. 2; Numbers xix. 11. See also above, [p. 93.]
[ [204] Numbers v. 2.
[ [205] Compare Leviticus xxi. 17 et seqq.
[ [206] Ch. K. 230.