But when both the man and the woman afford mutual pleasure to each other, and when the relatives on both sides pay respect to one another, such is called a connection in the proper sense of the word.

Therefore a man should contract neither a high connection by which he is obliged to bow down afterwards to his kinsmen, nor a low connection, which is universally reprehended by all.
FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 43: The flight of a blue jay on a person's left side is considered a lucky omen when one starts on any business; the appearance of a cat before anyone at such a time is looked on as a bad omen.

There are many omens of the same kind.] [Footnote 44: Such as the throbbing of the right eye of men and the left eye of women, etc.] [Footnote 45: Before anything is begun it is a custom to go early in the morning to a neighbour's house, and overhear the first words that may be spoken in his family, and according as the words heard are of good or bad import, so draw an inference as to the success or failure of the undertaking.] [Footnote 46: A disease consisting of any glandular enlargement in any part of the body.] [Footnote 47: A woman, the palms of whose hands and the soles of whose feet are always perspiring.].