birth-trees in, xi. 165

Ab, a Jewish month, equivalent to August, i. 14, vii. 259 n. 1

Ababa, a tribe of the Congo region, believe that their souls transmigrate at death into animals, viii. 288 sq.

Ababua, the, of the Congo valley, their belief as to falling stars, iv. 65

Aban, a Persian month, vi. 68

Abbas Effendi, divine head of the Babites, i. 402

Abbas the Great, Shah of Persia, temporary substitute for, iv. 157

Abbehausen, fever transferred to dog and cat at, ix. 51

Abbeville, huge trunks of oak in the peat-bog near, ii. 351

Abbot of Folly in France, ix. 334