Betsileo, the, of Madagascar, attribute divine powers to their chiefs, i. 397;
lickers of blood and eaters of nail-parings among the, iii. 246;
their belief in serpents as reincarnations of the dead, v. 83;
offer the first-fruits of all crops to their king, viii. 116;
their belief in the transmigration of souls, viii. 289 sq.
“Between the two Beltane fires,” x. 149
Beul, fire of, need-fire, x. 293
Bevan, Professor A. A., on the Arab fire-drill, ii. 210 n.;
on magical knots, iii. 302 n. 4;
on the change of m to v in Semitic, ix. 367 n. 2;