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had his right hand free, and in it he held a chowrie (brush of 
yak’s tails) with which he kept time. At another ceremony an 
old man in the red robe of a lama approached the devi, and 
fruit, and bread. A number of birds, some black, some white, 
were killed, and the blood sprinkled on the devi, afterwards the 
rest was dashed over the building. A part of the service was a 
mock battle with walnuts and pine cones, between the priest and 
his attendants from the balcony of the temple, and the people be- 
low. Meanwhile the birds were cooked, and they are now served, 
the women eating first. The devis have a way of intimating 
when they wish to go visiting. The reception of one devi by 
another is like two rajahs meeting. There is a great amount of 
bowing and shaking which terminates in the host getting behind 
and the procession marching to the village temple. When the 
visitor returns home the host accompanies it to the borders of 
the village. Mr. Simpson, who describes the pujah ceremonies 
first draws attention to the ark and sacrifices of the Jews and the 
Egyptians, and then views with more favor the car-festival as the 
parent of these primitive services. To most people unacquainted 
with India the rath yatra, or car-festival, is associated only with 
Jagganath, at Puri, but this is not so; cars are kept in the tem- 
ples over the whole of Southern India. Although not connected 
with Hinduism, the Buddhists also had a similar festival. If it 
was common to the whole of India, it is easy to see that where 
there were no roads for a car on wheels, the god would have to 
be carried on men’s shoulders, and the size would be reduced to 
Suit circumstances. At one of the pujahs a Brahmin walked 
barefooted thirty steps on the sharp edges of hatchets—% R. A. 
Soc., XVI, 13-30. 
Tue Kansas City Review.—One of our best sources of infor- 
mation respecting the archæology of the Missouri region, is the 
Kansas City Review. The editor, Mr. Theo. S. Case, has con- 
ducted this journal for seven years, at considerable expense to 
himself, in order to contribute his share towards the intellectual 
improvement of his section. There is a rumor that the Review 
is in danger of stopping through want of patronage. We regret 
to hear this very much. The late Dr. Ruggles said to the writer 
On one occasion, “I do not read half the books and magazines I 
buy. I take them because I am afraid the authors would suffer 
without my little help.” Now this is one motive, and there are 
many more why we should not let good scientific literature lan- 
guish through lack of our aid. 
MICROSCOPY. 
TREATMENT oF THE Ecos OF THE SPIDER (Agalena nevia).— 
The eggs of our common grass spider (Agalena nevia) are de- 
1 Edited by Dr. C. O. WHITMAN, Mus. Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 
