[233] See above, para. 13.
[234] La Cité Antique, p. 341.
[235] Early History of Mankind, pp. 259, 260. The needfire, as described by Sir E.B. Tylor, had the character of a purificatory rite, but it may be doubted whether this was its original form, any more than in the case of the Suovetaurilia or Pola ceremonies.
[236] Mr. J.T. Marten’s Central Provinces Census Report, p. 238.
[237] For further notice of this offence see article Sunār under Ear-piercing.
[238] Para. 61.
[239] “Tarpeia” in M. Salomon Reinach’s Cults, Myths and Religions (English edition, London, David Nutt, 1912).