Sihanaka, the, of Madagascar, funeral custom of the, ii. [246]

Sinai, “Mistress of Turquoise” at, i. 35

Sinews of sacrificial ox cut, ii. [252]

Sins, the remission of, through the shedding of blood, i. 299

Sinsharishkun, last king of Assyria, i. 174

Sipylus, Mother Plastene on Mount, i. 185

Siriac or Sothic period, ii. [36]

Sirius (the Dog-star), observed by Egyptian astronomers, ii. [27];

called Sothis by the Egyptians, [34];