regarded as wives of the fire-god, ii. 198, 199, 229;

relit the sacred fire of Vesta, ii. 207, x. 138;

their function at the Parilia, ii. 229, 326;

an order of, among the Baganda, ii. 246;

their address to the King of the Sacred Rites, ii. 265;

daughters of the Latin kings, ii. 271;

their shorn tresses hung on a lotus-tree, iii. 275;

rule as to their election, vi. 244;

ceremonies performed by them on April 21st, viii. 42;

their rule of celibacy, x. 138 n. 5