iii. 193;

custom as to cutting hibiscus tree in, iii. 227; the natives of, burn or throw into the sea their cut hair and nails for fear of witchcraft, iii. 281 _sq._ _See also_ Yap

Uaupes of Brazil, seclusion of girls at puberty among the, x. 61

—— River, woman’s share in agriculture among the tribes of the, vii. 121 _sq._

Ubemba, a royal family in Central Africa, ii. 277

Ucayali river in Peru, the Conibos of the, ii. 183 _n._ 2, v. 198; the Indians of the, their greetings to the new moon, vi. 142

Ucria, in Sicily, barren fruit-trees threatened at, ii. 21 _sq._

Udvarhely in Transylvania, wreath made out of the last ears cut at harvest at, vii. 221; cock killed in last sheaf at, vii. 278

Uea, one of the Loyalty Islands, recall of a lost soul in, iii. 54

Uelzen in Hanover, the Harvest-goat at, vii. 283

Uffizi, the temple of Vesta represented on a relief in the gallery of the, at Florence, ii. 186

Uganda, priest inspired by tobacco smoke in, i. 384; ceremonies observed by the parents of twins in, ii. 102; the king’s perpetual fire in, ii. 261; licence accorded to the Queen-Dowager and Queen-Sister in, ii. 275 _sq._; descent of the totems in, ii. 288; avoidance of wife’s mother in, iii. 84 _sq._; rule as to the Queen-mother of, iii. 86; ceremony on return from a journey in, iii. 112; uncleanness of women at menstruation and childbirth in, iii. 145; seclusion of brides in, iii. 148 _n._ 1; intercourse of chiefs with their wives before going to war in, iii. 164 _n._ 1; taboos observed by fishermen in, iii. 194 _sq._; weapons removed from room at childbirth in, iii. 239; taboos observed by fathers of twins in, iii. 239 _sq._; king’s brothers burnt in, iii. 243; custom as to roofing the king’s palace in, iii. 254; rule as to cutting child’s hair in, iii. 263; disposal of cut hair and nails in, iii. 277; custom as to the hair and nails of fathers of twins in, iii. 284; reluctance of people to name their totems in, iii. 330; spirits of ancestors reincarnate in their namesakes in, iii. 369; etiquette at the court of the king of, iv. 39 _sq._; human sacrifices in, iv. 139; first-born sons strangled in, iv. 182; dead kings of, give oracles through inspired mediums, iv. 200 _sq._, vi. 167, 171 _sq._; priest drinks beer out of skull of dead king in, iv. 200, viii. 150; temples of the dead kings of, vi. 167, 168 _sq._, 170 _sqq._; human sacrifices offered to dead kings of, vi. 168, 172 _sq._; human sacrifices offered to prolong the lives of the kings of, vi. 223 _sqq._; men inspired by the spirits of lions, leopards, and serpents in, viii. 213; funeral ceremony in, ix. 45 _n._ 2; human scapegoats in, ix. 42, 194 _sq._; kings of, not allowed to set foot on ground, x. 3 _sq._; life of the king of, bound up with barkcloth trees, xi. 160; passage of sick man through a cleft stick or a narrow opening in, xi. 181 _sq._; cure for lightning-stroke in, xi. 298 _n._ 2 _See also_ Baganda

Uganda Protectorate, the Bahima of the, iii. 183 _n._, ix. 6

Ugi, one of the Solomon Islands, fear of passing under a fallen tree in,