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 attended by some risk; for if any unfortunate event occurs after the sword has been visited by strangers, the hill-men attribute it forthwith to the anger of their god, and hasten to avenge him upon the pilgrims who are supposed to have occasioned his wrath.

2. (Page 111.)

THE WOMEN OF THE TEMPLE

Those who are curious on this subject may be referred to Mr Frazer's great book, Adonis, Attis, and Osiris: Studies in Oriental Religion (Macmillan and Co., 1907). The belief in which religious prostitu- tion had its origin was that the land was rendered fruitful through the fertilisation of women by the gods. These latter were represented by the priests of the temple, or in some instances by strangers; but the favours of the temple women were always denied to the laymen living in the vicinity of their abodes. Religious prostitution is still practised, notably in some of the Hindu temples of southern India.

3. (Pages 119 and 319.)

COSTUMES AND DANCES OF THE TEMPLE WOMEN

The dances and costumes here described are to be seen to this day in the palace of the King of Kambodia at Phnom Penh, both being made use of in the dramatic representations which take place on state occasions. They are of considerable archeological interest, and are obviously a perpetuation of a tradition which coexisted with the designing and execution of the bas-reliefs and many of the sculptures of Angkor.