[239] Dec. 4, lib. 4, p. 69.
[240] Dec. 3, lib. 2, p. 67.
[241] Ibid., p. 70.
[242] Histoire Naturelle des Indes, Paris, 1600, lib. 5, cap. 9, p. 224.
[243] History of Mexico, Philadelphia, 1817, vol. 2, p. 6.
[244] Duran, op. cit., vol. 3, cap. 4, p. 211.
[245] Brasseur de Bourbourg's translation, cap. 12, p. 175.
[246] Picart, Cérémonies et Coûtumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde, Amsterdam, 1743, vol. 8, p. 287.
[247] Deane, Serpent Worship, London, 1833, p. 410.
[248] The medicine sack or bag of the Apache, containing their "hoddentin," closely resembles the "bullæ" of the Romans—in which "On y mettait des préservatifs contre les maléfices." Musée de Naples, London, 1836, p. 4. Copy shown me by Mr. Spofford, of the Library of Congress.