sacrificed by the Mexicans for the maize, vi. 107;
presented to the moon, vi. 144 sqq.;
guarded against evil spirits, vii. 6 sqq.;
employed to administer drugs and the poison ordeal, vii. 115;
employed to sow seed, vii. 115 sq.;
sacrificed at harvest, vii. 236;
blood of, used to knead a paste, ix. 129;
personating spirits, ix. 139;
live apart from their parents among the Baganda, x. 23 n. 2;
passed across the Midsummer fires, x. 182, 189 sq., 192, 203;