mode of diverting dangerous spirits from pregnant women in, viii. 102 sq.;
first-fruits offered to ancestors in, viii. 124;
polite treatment of destructive ants in, viii. 276;
expulsion of demons in, ix. 113 sqq.;
explanation of human mortality in, ix. 303;
story of the external soul told in, xi. 148;
ceremonies performed by candidates for the priesthood in, xi. 173 sq.
Nias, the natives of, believe in demons of trees, ii. 33 sq.;
their custom of bunging up the nose and mouth of corpses, iii. 31;
their fear of a rainbow, iii. 79;