Broom, in Potsos’ gift omen of damage to crops by wind, [114]
Brothers of bride, share in marriage price (otyai-etsoman), [155]
Brother and sister, world peopled from, [193], [195]
Brown, Dr. G., [xvii n. 4]
Bruise, cupping for, [81]
Buffalo (juzo), slaughter commemorated by Y-shaped posts, by Wa, [xxxvi n. 3];
used for food, too stupid for sacrifice, [61];
flesh not eaten by young women, [77]
Bulbul, first flesh given to babies, [147]
Bull, black, as substitute for mithan, [137];
killed in Wozütana “genna,” [138];
in Shishang “genna.” [138], [139];
formerly beaten to death, [139];
sacrificed by some clans in Etha ceremony, [140];
killed and flesh distributed in stone-dragging, [143]
Burial of dead, practised by Angamis, Lhotas, [xiv], [xxiv];
Semas, Rengmas, Sangtams, Yachungr, Tangkhuls, Kacha Nagas, Kukis, [xxiv];
Changs, [xxv], [92 n. 1];
northern boundary of tribes which practise, [xxxvi];
southern origin suggested, [xxxvii];
method and ceremonies of, [157] et seq.;
of infant, of man killed in war, [160];
of those who die “apotia,” [160]–162
Buriers (mungpen), duties and perquisites, [157]