Customs of the Pelew Islanders, vi. 253 sqq., 266 sqq.

Cut hair and nails, disposal of, iii. 267 sqq.

Cuthar, father of Adonis, v. 13 n. 2

Cuts made in the body as a mode of expelling demons or ghosts, iii. 106 sq.;

in bodies of manslayers, iii. 174, 176, 180;

in bodies of slain, iii. 176.

See also [Incisions], [Scarification]

Cutting or lacerating the body in honour of the dead, iv. 92 sq., 97

—— the hair a purificatory ceremony, iii. 283 sqq.