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Deplorable effects of heathen superstition
Permanent URLhttps://digital.nls.uk/104184278
DescriptionAs manifested by the natives of Hindoostan in pilgrimages to their idols-burning of widows, treatment of women,-murdering their female children, &c. Dunfermline : Printed and sold by John Miller, 1828.
ShelfmarkL.C.2797(13)
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