vi. 143;

attempt to deceive spirit of disease, vi. 262; their fear of demons, ix. 76 _sq._; birth-plants among the, xi. 161 _sq._; use of bull-roarers among the, xi. 229 _n._

Bombay, belief as to absence of sleeper’s soul in, iii. 41; the Suni Mohammedans of, their customs as to mirrors, iii. 95; burial custom in, viii. 100

Bomma, King of the Rain at, ii. 2

Bondeis of German East Africa, rites of initiation among the, xi. 263 _sq._

Bonds, no man in bonds allowed in house of Flamen Dialis, iii. 14

Bone used to point with in sorcery, x. 14; of bird (eagle or swan), women at menstruation obliged to drink out of, x. 45, 48, 49, 50, 73 _n._ 3, 90, 92; incident of, in folk-tales, x. 73 _n._ 3

—— of old animals eaten to make the eater old, viii. 143

Bones, departing souls bottled up in hollow, iii. 31; burnt in the Easter bonfires, x. 142; burnt in Midsummer fires, x. 203

—— of animals not allowed to be gnawed by dogs, viii. 225, 238 _sqq._, 243, 259; preserved in order that the animals may come to life again, viii. 256 _sqq._; burned or thrown into water, viii. 257; not to be broken, viii. 258 _sq._; that have been eaten as a sacrament treated with ceremonious respect,