sometimes of a different race from their subjects, ii. 288 sq.;

chosen from several royal families in rotation, ii. 292 sqq.;

fat, ii. 297;

handsomest men, ii. 297;

long-headed, ii. 297;

supernatural powers attributed to, iii. 1;

their lives regulated by exact rules, iii. 1 sqq., 101 sq.;

taboos observed by, iii. 8 sqq.;

beaten before their coronation, iii. 18;

forbidden to see their mothers, iii. 86;