Araguaya River in Brazil, iii. 348
Aran, in the valley of the Garonne, Midsummer fires at, x. 193
Aran Islands, off Galway, St. Eany's well in the, ii. 161
Aratus of Sicyon, sacrifices to, i. 105;
deemed a son of Aesculapius, v. 81
Araucanians of South America, the, ix. 12;
their idea as to toads, i. 292 n. 3;
their belief that thunder-storms are caused by the spirits of the dead, ii. 183;
afraid of having their portraits taken, iii. 97;