[880] E. M. Gordon, Indian Folk Tales (London, 1908), p. 20; id. in Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, New Series, i. (1905) p. 183.
[881] W. E. Roth, Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines (Brisbane and London, 1897), p. 167.
[882] W. E. Roth, op. cit. p. 168; id., North Queensland Ethnography, Bulletin No. 5 (Brisbane, 1903), p. 10.
[883] S. Gason, “The Dieyerie Tribe,” Native Tribes of South Australia, pp. 276 sqq.; A. W. Howitt, “The Dieri and other Kindred Tribes of Central Australia,” Journal of the Anthropological Institute, xx. (1891) pp. 91 sq.; id., Native Tribes of South-East Australia, pp. 394–396. As to the Mura-muras, see A. W. Howitt, Native Tribes of South-East Australia, pp. 475 sqq., 779 sqq.
[884] A. W. Howitt, “The Dieri and other Kindred Tribes of Central Australia,” Journal of the Anthropological Institute, xx. (1891) pp. 92 sq.; id., Native Tribes of South-East Australia, pp. 396, 744.
[885] A. W. Howitt, Native Tribes of South-East Australia, pp. 396 sq.
[886] J. Kreemer, “Regenmaken, Oedjoeng, Tooverij onder de Javanen,” Mededeelingen van wege het Nederlandsche Zendelinggenootschap, xxx. (1886) p. 113.
[887] Coulbeaux, “Au pays de Menelik: à travers l’Abyssinie,” Missions Catholiques, xxx. (1898) p. 455.
[888] 1 Kings xviii. 28. From the whole tenour of the narrative it appears that the real contest between Elijah and the prophets of Baal was as to which of them should make rain in a time of drought. The prophets of Baal wrought magic by cutting themselves with knives; Elijah wrought magic by pouring water on the altar. Both ceremonies alike were rain-charms. Compare my note on the passage in Passages of the Bible chosen for their Literary Beauty and Interest, Second Edition (London, 1909), pp. 476 sq.
[889] Spencer and Gillen, Northern Tribes of Central Australia, pp. 294–296, 630 sq.