Palenque in Central America, ruins of, i. 48

Palenques, the, of South America, spare harmless animals which are not good for food, viii. 221

Palermo, drought at, i. 299 sq.;

ceremony of “Sawing the Old Woman” at Mid-Lent at, iv. 240

Pales, a pastoral Roman deity, ii. 326, 327, 328, 329, 348

Palestine, rain-making in, i. 276;

figs in, ii. 315;

religious prostitution in, v. 58;

date of the corn-reaping in, v. 232 n.;

wild boars in, viii. 31 sq.;