> adultery is extremely rare among so numerous a people. its punishment is instant, and at the pleasure of the husband. he cuts off the hair of the offender, strips her, and in presence of her relations expels her from his house, and pursues her with stripes through the whole village. nor is any indulgence shown to a prostitute. neither beauty, youth, nor riches can procure her a husband: for none there looks on vice with a smile, or calls mutual seduction the way of the world.
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