ii. 385;

their belief that leprosy is caused by eating a certain animal, viii. 26

Bushes, ailments transferred to, ix. 54, 56

Bushmen, magical telepathy among the, i. 123; of the Kalahari desert, their fire sticks, ii. 218 _n._ 1; custom as to their shadows, iii. 83; think it unlucky to speak of the lion by his proper name, iii. 400; their rules of diet based on sympathetic magic, viii. 140 _sq._; will not let their children eat a jackal’s heart, viii. 141; unable to distinguish between animals and men, viii. 206; will not eat the sinew in the thigh of a hare, viii. 266 _n._ 1; throw stones on the devil’s grave, ix. 16; their prayers at a cairn, ix. 30; their dread of menstruous women, x. 79; their way of warming up the star Sirius, x. 332 _sq._

Bushongo, royal persons among the, not allowed to set foot on the ground, x. 4; their use of bull-roarers, xi. 229; their rites of initiation, xi. 264 _sqq._

Busiris, an Egyptian city, “the house of Osiris,” iii. 390, vii. 260; backbone of Osiris at, vi. 11, 18; ritual of Osiris at, vi. 86, 87 _sq._; festival of Osiris in the month of Khoiak at, vi. 108; temple of Usirniri at, vi. 151

——, king of Egypt, his human sacrifices, vii. 259; slain by Hercules, vii. 259

Busiro, district containing the graves and temples of the kings of Uganda,