vi. 213;

on the sacrifice of children to Moloch, vi. 220 _n._ 1; on the date of the month Lous at Babylon, vii. 259 _n._ 1; on the _bouphonia_, viii. 5 _n._ 2; on the sacrifice of wild boars in Cyprus, viii. 23 _n._ 3; on ceremonial purification, viii. 27 _n._ 5; on the annual sacrifice of a sacred animal, viii. 31 _n._ 1; on the reverence of pastoral peoples for their cattle, viii. 35 _n._ 2; as to disrespect for herring, viii. 251 _n._ 5; on the sinew of the thigh, viii. 266 _n._ 1; on a Syrian remedy for caterpillars, viii. 280 _n._; on an Arab cure for melancholy, ix. 4 _n._ 2; on Semiramis, ix. 369 _sq._

Smith, a spectral, x. 136

Smith Sound, the Esquimaux of, iii. 32 _n._ 2

Smith’s craft regarded as uncanny, iii. 236 _n._ 5

Smiths sacred, i. 349; viewed as inspired, iii. 237 _n._

Smoke used in rain-making, i. 249, 291; of cedar inhaled as means of inspiration, i. 383 _sq._; as a charm against witchcraft, ii. 330; made in imitation of rain-clouds, x. 133; used to stupefy witches in the clouds, x. 345; used to fumigate sheep and cattle, xi. 12, 13

—— of bonfires, omens drawn from the, x. 116, 131, 337; intended to drive away dragons, x. 161; allowed to pass over corn, x. 201, 337

—— of Midsummer bonfires a preservative against ills, x. 188; a protection against disease, x. 192; beneficial effects of, x. 214 _sq._

—— of Midsummer herbs a protection against thunder and lightning, xi. 48; used to fumigate cattle, xi. 53

—— of need-fire used to fumigate fruit-trees, nets, and cattle, x. 280

Smoke-hole, remains of slain bear at festival brought into the house through the, viii. 189 _sq._, 196, 256, 256 _n._ 1

Smoking as a means of inducing prophetic trance or inspiration, iv. 201,