Elders, council of, in savage communities, i. 216 sq.
Eldest sons sacrificed for their fathers, iv. 161 sqq.
Elecampane in a popular remedy for worms, x. 17
Elective and hereditary monarchy, combination of the two, ii. 292 sqq.
—— kings and hereditary queens, ii. 295
Electric conductivity of various kinds of wood, xi. 299 n. 2
—— lights on mast-heads, spears, etc., ancient superstitions as to, i. 49 sq.
Electricity, spiritual, royal personages charged with, i. 371
Elephant-hunters, taboos observed by wives of absent, i. 120, x. 5;
telepathy of, i. 123;