Bhumiya, Himalayan deity, viii. 117, 118 n.
Bhut, demon, xi. 312
Bhutan, demons diverted into images of animals in, viii. 103
Biajas of Borneo, their annual expulsion of evils in a little ship, ix. 200
Biak, island of, precautions against strangers in, iii. 104
Bibili, island off New Guinea, the natives reputed to make wind, i. 322
Bidasari and the golden fish, Malay story of, xi. 147 sq., 220
Biddulph, J., on custom at wheat-sowing in Gilgit, ii. 50 sq.
Biennial cycle, vii. 87
—— festivals, vii. 14, 86