December, the Saturnalia held in, ii. 311 n. 4, ix. 306, 307, 345;
the twenty-fifth of, reckoned the winter solstice and the birthday of the Sun, v. 303 sqq.;
annual expulsion of demons in, ix. 145;
custom of the heathen of Harran in, ix. 263 sq.;
the last day of, Hogmanay, x. 266;
the twenty-first, St. Thomas's Day, x. 266
Decle, L., on heaps of sticks or stones to which passers-by add, ix. 11 n. 1;
on a custom of the kings of Uganda, x. 4 n. 1
Decline of magic with the growth of religion, i. 374
—— of the civic virtues under the influence of Oriental religions, v. 300 sq.