magical virtue of plants at Midsummer in the, xi. 50 sq.
—— yams, ceremonies at eating, viii. 53, 58 sqq., ix. 134 sqq.;
festival of the, in West Africa, viii. 115 sq.;
festival of the, in Tonga, viii. 128 sqq.
—— Year, dated by the Pleiades, vii. 116, 310, 312, 315;
the Chinese, viii. 10;
expulsion of evils at the, ix. 127, 133, 149 sq., 155;
in Siam, ix. 149 sq.;
not reckoned from first month, ix. 149 n. 2;