“Barring the fire,” i. 231 n. 3

Barringtonia, offerings made under a, in Guadalcanal, viii. 126

Barros, De, Portuguese historian, on custom of regicide at Passier, iv. 51 sq.

Barrows of Halfdan, vi. 100

Barsana, in North India, Holi bonfires at, xi. 2, 5

Barsom, bundle of twigs used by Parsee priests, v. 191 n. 2

Barth, H., on sculptures at Boghaz-Keui, v. 133 n. 1

Bartle Bay, in British New Guinea, power of magicians at, i. 338;

festival of the wild mango tree at, x. 7 sqq.

Barwan, river in Australia, annual expulsion of ghosts on the, ix. 123