Index. 



Betrothal in Purang, 10. 



in U, Tsang and Sikkim, 11. 



Bkat, a Hindu caste intermediate be- 

 tween Sudra and Nicha, 6. 

 Bliilla, epithet Antya-ja applied to, 6. 

 Bhuinmali, a Hindu caste excluded from 



the temple of Jagannath, 6. 

 Bimana, 97. 

 £oddhisattvas, invocation of the, during 



marriages in Sikkim, 26, 30. 

 Bohemia, antipathy towards saving 



drowning persons in, 106. 

 Brahma Chaturmukha, invocation of, 



during marriage ceremonies in Sikkim, 



12. 

 • Kayika Devas, invocation of, 



during marriage ceremonies in Sikkim, 



13. 

 Brahman, one of the Pancha-vartta, 5. 

 Buddhas, invocation of, during marriages 



in Sikkim, 21, 26, 30, 32. 



(captivity among the Bedouins of the 

 Hauran, 88. 



Castes, Hindu, lists of. 5, 6. 



, , reasons for degradation 



of, 4. 



Caul worn round the neck secures against 

 drowning, 104. 



Cebia,98. 



Celts, classification of, 99. 



Chamar, a Hindu caste excluded from 

 the Jagaunfith temple, 6. 



Cliandal or Dom Brahman, lowest grade 

 of Brahmans, 3. 



Cha&gsem, invocation of, during mar- 

 riages in Sikkim, 12. 



Chimpansee, 96, 98. 



China, antipathy towards saving drown- 

 in? persons in, 102. 



Cingalese Moormen and Tamils, measure- 

 ments of, taken at Ceylon in Novem- 

 ber 1892, article on, by H. H. Risley, 

 33. 



Classification of men and monkeys, 97. 



Customs, modern, among the Bedouins 

 of the Hauriin, article on, edited and 

 translated by H. S. Jarrett, 47, 78. 



JL)as, S. C, author of Marriage Customs 



of Tibet, 8. 

 Death among the Bedouins of the 



Hauran, 86, 94. 

 Dharma, invocation of, during marriages 



in Sikkim, 21. 

 Dhoba, a Hindu caste excluded from the 



Jagannath temple, 6. 

 > , one of the Pancha-vartta, 5. 



Dom, a Hindu caste excluded from the 



Jagannath temple, 6. 



, term Antydvasayin applied to, 6. 



Brahman see Chandal. 



Doughty, C. M., Arabic Monograph on 



the Customs of the Bedouins of the 



Hauran, sent by, 47. 

 Dravidians, classification of, 98, 99. 

 Drowned persons, corpses of, discovered 



by a chip of cedarwood, 108. 

 , corpses of, discovered by a 



lighted taper stuck into a loaf, 108. 

 , corpses of, discovered by a 



loaf of rye bread tied in a shirt, 107. 

 , corpses of, discovered by a 



loaf weighted with mecury, 108. 



corpses of, discovered by 



shirts, 10S. 



-, , strips of 



parchment with cabalistic letters, 108. 



, corpses of, searched for with 



a cock, 109. 



109. 



, sheep, 



-, spirits of, haunt wells and 

 tanks, 103, 107. 



time when bodies of, float 



up, 107. 



Drowning, convolutions of hair denote 

 death by, 104. 



-, Japanese amulet which saves 



from, 105. 



105. 



god who saves from, 



ants, 104. 



— , secured against, by eating 



, , — wearing 



caul round the neck, 104. 

 Drowning and Drowned Persons, On 



Some Superstitions regarding, by S.C. 



Mitra, 100. 

 Drowning persons, antipathy towards 



saving, in Bohemia, 106. 



, , China, 102. 



, , Germany, 106. 



— , , Kamschatka, 



102. 



lands, 101. 



, Orkney, 102. 

 •, Russia, 106. 

 -, Shetland, 102. 

 -, Solomon Is- 



- , Zetland, 101. 



Jj dridah = n wedding procession, 82. 

 Female, a single, in a boat containing 



male passengers brings grief, 103. 

 Females having children not to put 



water in a vessel containing lime, 104. 

 Flying Dutchman, belief in, 103. 



