fertility of the neighbourhood, 257 n. 3;

the Star of, 259

Betsileo of Madagascar, their belief in serpents as reincarnations of the dead, i. 83

Bghais, a Karen tribe of Burma, their annual festival of the dead, ii. [60] sq.

Bhâdon, Indian month, i. 243

Bharbhunjas, of the Central Provinces, India, marriage custom of the, ii. [262]

Bharias, of the Central Provinces, India, exchange of costume between men and women at marriage among the, ii. [260] sq.

Bhujariya, festival in the Central Provinces of India, i. 242

Bilaspore, infant burial in, i. 94 sq.;

annual festival of the dead in, ii. [60]