Laodicea in Syria, human sacrifices at, iv. 166 n. 1
Laon, Midsummer fires near, x. 187
Laos, a province of Siam, taboos observed by rhinoceros hunters and gatherers of lac in, i. 115;
taboos observed by wives of absent elephant-hunters in, i. 120;
rain-making at New Year in, i. 251;
fire on hearth extinguished after a death in, ii. 267 n. 4;
precautions against strangers in, iii. 104;
knotted grass a charm used by hunters in, iii. 306;
special language used by elephant-hunters in, iii. 404;
hunters never step over their weapons in, iii. 424;