Israelites covet the foreskins of the Philistines, i. 101 n. 2;
their rules of ceremonial purity observed in war, iii. 157 sq., 177;
their custom of burning their children in honour of Baal, iv. 168 sqq.;
their brazen serpent, viii. 281.
See also [Jews]
Issapoo, in Fernando Po, the cobracapella worshipped at, viii. 174
Issini on the Gold Coast, custom observed by executioners at, iii. 171 sq.
Isthmian games held every two years, vii. 86;
instituted in honour of Melicertes, iv. 93, 103
Istria, the Croats of, xi. 75