INDEX 



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Maori, Are superstition of 182 



oven 37 



Mapuche Indians, fire scarring.. 80 



Marchand, M., canoe making -.- 68 



Marquesas, nut torches of 207 



Marriage customs, fire in 153 



Hindu 154, 155 



Matabut Islanders, New Guinea, preserva- 

 tion of fire by 3 



Mataco Indians, fire myth of lfi2 



Matches 123 



invented by John Wallcer 125 



preliminary invention 124 



Materials for candle making 211 



Matthews, R. H., Australian oven 38 



Matthews, Washington, chari'oal making by 



Navahos 54 



Maya Indians, fire clearing by 66 



Medicine, fire treatment of 175 



Menomini Indians, fire myth of --. 160 



Mercury arc light 194 



Merriam, C. Hart, California fire myths 158 



Merrij], George P., meteoric iron.. 114 



Mesa Verde, Colorado, fire temple at 4 



Mesopotamia, lamps of... 230 



Metal lamps with gravity pressure 222 



Metallurgy 74 



blast in 74 



remarks on.. 74 



Metal stoves 50 



Meteoric iron, not used in fire making 114 



Mewan Indians, California, ideas of fire 158 



Mexicans, ancient, fire drill of - 102 



bread market of. 203 



consulting of fire by 182 



new fire ceremony 140 



Mexico, baking 39 



braziers of 27 



elaborate fire cult in 126 



fireplace of. 10 



hot air baths in 77 



pottery tortilla baker 40 



tin lamp of- 236 



torches 202 



Mica plates, fire bowl 16 



Micmacs, Nova Scotia, stone boiling.. 41 



Middle stick 18 



Milinda panha, fire reference 90 



Milk, extinguishes lightning fire 150 



Miller, Gerrit S 7 



Miller, W. C, mound builders' oven 39 



Mindanao, torches of. 20S 



Mindeleff, Cosmos, Navaho drill... 100 



Mineral, illuminants 246 



lighting substances 192 



oil 247 



substances for randies 212 



Mirror and lens 119 



Mirror for fire not used in America 120 



Moa, of New Zealand 8 



Modification of habits by fire 7 



Mohammedan, art in lamps.. 230 



vase-shape lamps. 230 



Mohave Indians, dreams regarding fire 184 



fire myths 160 



fishhook making.. 69 



suggestion of pottery 76 



Pag« 



Moloch, fire god i7g 



Mongol shepherds, fire of. 15 



Mongolia, torches of 206 



Mongols of Lob Nor, fireplace of n 



Monongalia County, West Virginia, burning 



coal seams in . 5 



Montagnais, fireplace of 9 



Montaine, Michel do, observations of 166 



Mooney, James, observations of.. lei 



Moore, Clarence B., observations of 170 



Moorish art in lamps 228,229 



Morgan, Lewis, pump drill gg 



Morocco, baking slabs 40 



metal lamps 237 



pottery lamps 237 



stoves 50 



Mortillet, A. de, Berber fire plow 109 



observations of 199 



Morton, Thomas, pyrites. New England 112 



Mortuary observancos, fire in ifi7 



Moses, denouncing of fire walking by 178 



Mosquito Coast-. igg 



Mosquito lamps, Chinese 62 



Motus, New Guinea, cooking vessels 45 



Moulds for candles 212 



Mound builders, cremation by.. 170 



Moxa 80 



a Buddhist rite 81 



tapers, Korea 81 



use of 174 



Mussel shell, fire storage in 3 



Mutton fish torch of New Zealand 208 



Mycenae, two-tined copper fork from 19 



Mythopoetic quality, grades of 156 



Myths of the origin of light 255 



regarding fire 7 



Nansen, F., fuel used by Eskimo.. 55 



Natchez Indians, cooking by.. 45 



fire clearing by 66 



use of spit and grid 33 



National forests, fire in, causes of... 6 



Natural draught 22 



gas not used for early lighting 245 



ignition 5 



Navaho Indians, fire dance of. 144 



fireplace of... 9 



Near East, fire art in 10 



lamp of 230 



Needs of preservation of fire. 4 



Negritos, Philippines, fire saw.. 104 



Nelson, E. W., Eskimo drill 96 



Neufchatel Museum, and drill 87 



New England, fishermen, torches of 202 



Indians, fireplace of.- 12 



whalers, torches of 202 



New fire 138 



Cherokee Indians. 139 



festival, Japan 141 



M'Bambas, Angola 141 



Peru - 140 



remarks on 138 



Thonga, South Africa 141 



New South Wales, natives of 7 



New Zealand... 8 



mutton fish, torch of 208 



smouldering coal seams in " 5 



Night ceremonies dependent on fire 189 



