rites of initiation among the, [239] sqq.
Yaguas, Indians of the Amazon, girls at puberty secluded among the, i. 59
Yakut shamans keep their external souls in animals, ii. [196]
Yakuts leap over fire after a burial, ii. [18]
Yam, island of Torres Strait, treatment of girls at puberty in, i. 41
Yap, seclusion of girls at puberty in the island of, i. 36
Yaraikanna, the, of Northern Queensland, seclusion of girls at puberty among the, i. 37 sq.
Yarn, divination by, i. 235, 240, 241, 243;
sick children passed through a ring of, ii. [185]
Yarra river in Victoria, i. 92 n. 1