Bas Doda, in India, marriage of girls to the god at, ii. 149
Basagala, the, of Central Africa, changes in their language caused by their fear of naming the dead, iii. 361
Bashada, a tribe accustomed to strangle their first-born children, iv. 181 sq.
Bashilange, a tribe of the Congo Basin, reception of subject chiefs by head chief among the, iii. 114
Bashkirs, their horse-races at funerals, iv. 97
Basil, curses at sowing, i. 281;
the Holy, plant worshipped in India, ii. 25 sqq.;
pots of, on St. John's Day in Sicily, v. 245.
See also [Tulasi]
Basilai, officials at Olympia, i. 46 n. 4