Nihongi, a Japanese work, ix. 213

Nijegorod Government in Russia, smouldering faggots in stove not to be broken up in the, ii. 232

Nikclerith, Neane, buries cow alive, x. 324 sq.

Nikunau, one of the Gilbert Islands, sacred stones in, v. 108 n. 1

Nile, young virgin drowned as a sacrifice to the, ii. 151;

the rise and fall of the, vi. 30 sqq.;

rises at the summer solstice in June, vi. 31 n. 1, 33;

commanded by the king of Egypt to rise, vi. 33;

thought to be swollen by the tears of Isis, vi. 33;

gold and silver thrown into the river at its rising, vi. 40;