of the spirits of plants before partaking of the fruits, viii. 82 sq.;
of wild animals by hunters, viii. 204 sqq.;
of vermin by farmers, viii. 274 sqq.;
of ancestral spirits, ix. 86;
of demons, ix. 93, 94, 96, 100
Proserpine River in Queensland, the aborigines of the, their dread of women's cut hair, iii. 282;
the Kia Blacks of the, seclusion of girls at puberty among the, x. 39
Prosopis spicigera, used in kindling fire by friction, ii. 248, 249, 250 n.
Prostitution before marriage, practice of, ii. 282, 285, 287
——, sacred, before marriage, in Western Asia, v. 36 sqq.;