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and unrestricted intercourse among these people, 

 are confident they do not do them injustice. The 

 climate is blamed by them for their predisposition 

 to sensuality ; and the law is anything but lenient 

 to the offender in such cases: the violator of a 

 female, when brought before a court of justice, 

 being always punished by death. 



