[69] Yule, “Marco Polo,” i. 172, 175, with note; ii. 41; Sir W. Scott, “Letters on Demonology,” 68 sq.

[70] Campbell, “Notes,” 141.

[71] “Eastern India,” ii. 108, 445.

[72] Gubernatis, “Zoological Mythology,” ii. 202; Growse, “Mathura,” 53.

[73] “Oudh Gazetteer,” iii. 480.

[74] Hartland, “Science of Fairy Tales,” 270 sqq.

CHAPTER VI.

SOME RURAL FESTIVALS AND CEREMONIES.

Ἐν δ’ ἐτίθει νειὸν μαλακὴν πίειραν ἄρουραν,