Nicknames used in order to avoid the use of the real names, iii. 321, 331
Nicobar Islanders reluctant to name the dead, iii. 353;
their annual expulsion of demons in little ships, ix. 201 sq.
—— Islands, homoeopathic magic at sowing in the, i, 141;
pregnant woman used to fertilize the gardens in the, ii. 101;
customs as to shadows at burialsin the, iii. 80 sq.;
rain attributed to [pg 390] wrath of spirits in the, iii. 231;
changes in the language of the, caused by fear of naming the dead, iii. 362 sq.;
assumption of the names of dead grandparents in the, iii. 370;
demon of disease sent away in a boat from the, ix. 189 sq.