INDEX 



267 



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Prairie, clearing of, effect on Indian habits.. 8 



grass, fire of.. 8 



Prayer to fire, Nahuatl Indians 127 



Predlliction for heat— - 1 



Prehistoric America, cremation practices in. 180 



Preservation of Are 70 



of wood by fire, Nicaragua 70 



Preservational myth, Tillamook Indians 158 



Prevention of fire and fire alarms 82 



Pricket candlesticks 214 



Priests 131 



Primates, use of fire by.. xii 



Primitive circular house 13 



Prince of Wales, fire immersion of 180. 181 



Prometheus theft of fire 162 



Prorok, Byron, Khun de.. 243 



Proteins, light-emitting 194 



Pueblo Indians, adoption of chimney by 13 



charcoal in ancient cemeter- 

 ies of 167 



cremation practices 170 



fire tongs 19 



fireplace of.. .— 9 



kiva of - 29 



stone baking slabs 40 



use of slow match by 3 



Pump drill 98 



Eskimo and Chukchi 96 



Iroquois, probable origin of. 98 



Purification 173 



by fire] 173 



Pyrites strike-a-light, Eskimo 112 



Virginia Indians.. 111 



with dead, Han Kutchin Indians 113 



Pyromancy 182 



Quasi-primitive lamps 218 



Queen Charlotte Islands 170 



Queensland aboriginals, wood binding by... 70 



Queres Indians, fire cures by 175 



Quinaielt Indians, Washington, fire making 



by 101 



Rain charm, Santa Barbara Indians -. 152 



Thonga, South Africa 152 



Rain making 152 



fires, Apache Indians 152 



Raleigh expedition 7 



Ramayana 178 



Ranges 51 



Ratchet, extensible 21 



Ravenstein, A. G., on Amur stove - 29 



Reactions of animals to artificial light 186 



Reeds, dried, bundles of 11 



Reflectors, candle 215 



Reid, Wemyss, "Memoirs of Lyon Playfair". 181 



Remusat, Abel, on fire purification- 173 



Renewal myths 161 



Requirements for improvement in lighting.. 222 



Reservoir lamp 222 



Resin torch 202,204,214 



of Africa 206 



Retention of heat, objects for 15 



Reygasse, Maurice, Berber fire plow 109 



Rice steaming, East Indies 43 



Rigid candle 210 



Roasting and broiling... — 33 



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Roasting in basket, Ute Indians 73 



Rockhill, W. W., observations of 15, 29, 232 



on fertilizer preparation 72 



on flue of Drupa Tibetans.. S6 



on Mongol stove 52 



on tinder in Tibet 123 



Rock oil torch of Burma 208 



Romans, baths of ..- 78 



candles of. -. 210 



hot-water container of 16 



lamps of 242 



sacred fire of 178 



use of seed oil by - 248 



Rope torch - 204, 205 



Roth, Walter E., Queensland oven 38 



Rubruquis, William de — 10 



Rudimentary oven 12 



Rudiments of invention in the fireplace 11 



Eastern Asia 210 



Rush candle of northern Europe 210 



Rush clip handle holders 210 



Russia, trans-Ural... 5 



Russian flue stove. 29 



lamp used in funeral processions 251 



taper holder 214 



Sable antelope, use of - 25 



Sacred fire, for incense.. 136 



of Muskogi Indians - 18 



of the Parsee.. 20 



Sacrificial burning - 133,167 



Sakai, fire logs used by. — - 11 



Salish Indians, fire scarring... 80 



Salt River valley, Arizona, ditches 71 



Sanitation 79 



of ancient Greeks 29 



San Juan ruins, ventilating flue of 23 



Santa Barbara, California, ancient baking 



slabs - — 40 



Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona 6 



Saracen type beak lamps.. 220 



Saucer float lamps 238 



Saucer lamps 219 



Ceylon 231 



China.- 232 



of pottery 231 



primitive - 219 



Scaldino, or ambulant stove 16 



Scandinavian fire burial 168 



Schliemann, Henry, on ancient burial prac- 

 tices 168 



on fire burnt walls 71 



on funerary fire fork... 19 



Scidmore, E. R 198 



Scotland, extemporized lights 205 



hammered iron crusie 225 



lamp of - 225 



Sea-shell lamps 218 



Seal oil - 247 



Sha-lo, of western China 16 



Shangaris, bellows of the.. 25 



Sheet iron torch base 202 



Shell lamps 218 



Shetland Islands, shell lamp of 218 



torches of 204 



Shield, candle... 215 



