Circumcision, pretence of new birth at, i. 76, 96 sq.;
among the aborigines of Australia, i. 92 sqq.;
uses of blood shed at, i. 92, 94 sq., iii. 244;
among the dwarf tribes of the Gaboon, i. 95 n. 4;
suggested origin of, i. 96 sq.;
in Central Australia, i. 204, 208, iii. 244, xi. 227 sq., 233, 234, 235;
among the Caffres, iii. 156 sq.;
performed with flints, not iron, iii. 227;
of father as a mode of redeeming his offspring, iv. 181;
story told by Israelites to explain the origin of, iv. 181;