LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. XIX 



39. Prayer wheel and parts of prayer wheel — continued. Facing page 



Pig. Id. Prayer sheets. 



2a. Body of bronze prayer wheel. 

 2b. Top of bronze prayer wheel. 

 2c. Bottom of bronze jirayer^vheel. 

 2d. Prayers wrapped round axle. 

 2e. Handle of prayer wheel. 

 3. Brass hand prayer wheel. 



40. IJrunismade of human skulls, used in religious ceremonies 740 



Fig. 1. Damaru, or hand drum of skulls, with silk tassels. 



2. Damaru: painted white and red, with heads of demons, skulls, etc. 



41. Dorj6 and bells used in religious ceremonies 740 



Pig. 1. Japanese dorje. 



2. Japanese dorje. 



3. Tibetan dorje. 



4. Church bell. 



5. Church bell. 



42. Libation bowl and holy-water vessels 740 



Pig. 1. Holy-water vaso. 

 2a. .Skull bowl. 

 2b. Cover of bowl. 

 2c. Base of bowl. 



43. Gilt image of Jambyang (Maujushri). Lh'asa 742 



44,. flilt image u/ Prolm? {Tara). Ch'amdo 742 



4„. (jilt image of Ts'e-pa-raed ( Amitayus). DolonXor 742 



46. Gilt image of Tamdrin (Hayagriva). Lhasa 744 



4T. flUt image of the god of riches (Gunkar Tijin Xorbu). Lh'asa 744 



41. ixilt image of Ch'os-bjin-jamba. Kumbum 744 



49. Gilt image of holy man. Kumbum 744 



50. Pitcher of cast brass 744 



51. Descriptive score, used in lamaist church services 744 



52. Tibetan foot wear 746 



Pig. 1. Leather moccasin. 

 2. Woolen socks. 

 3 and 4. Hempen sandals. 

 5 and 6. Straw sandals. 



Two Persepolitan Casts i.\ the U. S. National Museum. By Cyrus Adler. 



1. Inscription of Artaxerxes ill Ochus 752 



2. Bas-relief from Persepolis 752 



TEXT FIGURES. 



The Poisonous Snakes of North America. By Leonhard Stejneger. 



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1. Diagrammatic lateral view of the head of Tragops 350 



2. Cross-section of the grooved fang of Tragops 350 



3. Profile view of skull of Elaps : 357 



4. Protile view of skull of La mpropeltis 357 



5. Color pattern of Ulap.i 357 



6. Color pattern of Lampropeltis 357 



7. Head of Elaps fulvius from above 360 



8. Head of Elaps fuloius from side 360 



9. Side of head of Rattlesnake, showing the pit 364 



10. Piece of surface of epidermis lining the pit 365 



11. Skull of Rattlesnake from above 366 



12. Skull of llattlesnake from side 306 



13. Skull of liattlesnake from below 366 



14. Osteology of poison apparatus of the Rattlesnake 367 



15. Muscles of poison apparatus of the Rattlesnake 367 



16. Diagram of the bones concerned in raising the fang 368 



17. Arrangement of the reserve fangs in Bungarus seniifasciatus, illustrating the development 



of the grooved fang into the caualed fang 368 



18. Poison apparatus of Rattlesnake ; venom gland and muscles (Literal view) 369 



19. Longitudinal section of poison fang of Bolh,-ijps 370 



20. Transverse section of same 370 



