[171] Hist. Nat., XXXI., 45.
[172] See citation of Lennep, and Scheideus, in Richardson's English Dictionary, s. v. "Salt."
[173] See Harper's Latin Dictionary, s. vv. "sal," "salio," "saltus."
[174] Burckhardt's Travels in Nubia, p. 157.
[175] Lane's Arabian Society in the Middle Ages, pp. 41, 188.
[176] Doolittle's Social Life of the Chinese, II., 58 f.
[177] Griffis's Mikado's Empire, pp. 467, 470; Bird's Untrodden Tracks in Japan, I., 392.
[178] George A. Ford, in The Church at Home and Abroad, Dec., 1889, p. 501.
[179] Martène, De Antiq. Eccles. Ritibus, Lib. III., c. vii., Ordo. 19; cited in Lea's Superstition and Force, p. 281.
[180] Rodd's Customs and Lore of Modern Greece, p. 156.