i. 127, 128

Bantu tribes, ancestor-worship among the, ii. 221, vi. 174 _sqq._; their small regard for the ghosts of women, ii. 224 _n._ 4; their belief in serpents as reincarnations of the dead, v. 82 _sqq._; their worship of dead chiefs or kings, vi. 175 _sqq._, 191 _sqq._; cohabitation of husband and wife enjoined as a matter of ritual on certain occasions among the, viii. 70 _n._ 1

—— tribes of Kavirondo, custom observed by manslayers among the, iii. 176 _sq._; their belief as to the effect of eating a totemic animal, viii. 26

—— tribes of South Africa, their ideas as to the virulent infection spread by a woman who has had a miscarriage, iii. 152 _sqq._; their rule as to eating the new corn, viii. 111; their fear of demons, ix. 77 _sq._

—— tribes of South-East Africa, their fire-drill, ii. 210 _sq._

—— tribes of West Africa, their belief in demons, ix. 74

Banyai, chieftainship among the, ii. 292

Banyan-trees revered by the Chinese, ii. 14

Banyoro, the, of Central Africa, foes of the Baganda, ix. 42, 194; the king as rain-maker among, i. 348; succession to the throne determined by mortal combat among, ii. 322; their worship of serpents, v. 86 _n._ 1 _See also_ Unyoro

Baobab-trees thought to be inhabited by mischievous spirits, ii. 34; worshipped, ii. 46; goats sacrificed to, ii. 47

Baoules of the Ivory Coast, extraction of chief’s soul among the, iii. 70

Baperis or Malekootoos, a Bechuana tribe, their customs as to their totem the porcupine, viii. 164 _sq._

Baptism of bull’s blood in the rites of Cybele, v. 274 _sqq._

Baptist, St. John the, day of, i. 277. _See_ St. John

Bar-rekub, king of Samal, v. 15 _sq._

_Bar_-tree (_Ficus Indica_), married to a mango in India, ii. 25; sacred in India, ii. 43

Bara, a tribe of Madagascar, names of dead kings not pronounced among the,