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Index. 



Philippines, Hydrophiince of the, 185, 186, 189, 



223, 248. 

 Pice, Nepalese, 21. 



Plaiuriis, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 180, 182, 

 183, 184, 190. 



,, affinis, 185. 



,, colubrinus, 174, 176, 184, 186. 



,, cyanocincta, 178, 94. 



,, fasciatus, 186. 



,, fischeri, 185. 



,, laticaudatus , 174, 176, 184, 185. 



,, mulleri, 185. 



,, ornata, 249. 



,, schistorhynchus, 174, 175, 176, 179, 184. 



,, scutatus, 186 

 Poetry, Mundari, 85. 

 Pori, a devil of the Saorias, 82. 

 Port Darwin, 191. 



Postocular shields, in the Hydrophiince, 177, 178. 

 Potassium bichromate, 32. 

 Preefrontal shields, in the Hydrophiince , 175. 

 Praeocular shields, their nature and occurrence 



in the Hydrophiince, ijj, 178. 

 Primuline, 41. 



Prithi Narain, Maharaja, 14, 18, 19. 

 Product moment curves, 394. 

 Pterocarpns dalbergioides, 28, 41. 



,, santalinus, 28, 41. 



Pubbi, a division of the Saorias, 46. 

 Puri, Hydrophiince of, 228, 229, 241, 248. 

 Pyrgop'is annandalei, 8. 

 Pyrgoma niillepone, 9. 



Q 



Oadam Rasul, a place near which Babar was 

 buried, 345. 



R 



Rabi harvest, effect of the rainfall on, 358. 

 Rainfall and crops, 347. 



,, deviations of, indicated by harmonic 



curves, 349. 

 , , distribution of, as expressed by frequency 



curves, 381. 

 ,, in September, its beneficial effect on the 

 Rabi harvest, 370. 

 Rain guages, faulty, 351. 

 Rajmahal hills, the Saorias of the, 43. 

 Raksi Gosain, a godling of the Saorias, 80. 



Rambagh, a garden, 345. 



Rangoon. Hydrophiince of, 270. 



Raya, crops of, 355, 356, 359. 



Red sandal (Pterocarpus santalinus), dyeing with, 

 28, 32, 36, 41. 



Red spirits, as mordant in dyeing, 30. . 



Religion of the Saorias, 65. 



Resorsin, 32. 



Rice, 360. 



Ross, E. D,, on the tomb of Babar, 345. 

 ,, ,, on the names of birds in Turki , Man- 



chu and Chinese, 253. 



Rostral shields in the classification of the Hydro- 

 phiince, 174. 

 ,, ,, in the Hydrophiince, 183. 



Royal College of Surgeons, specimens of Hydro- 

 phiince in the Museum of the, 169. 



Rubia cordifolia, 26, 27, 28, 41. 



Rupee, Indian, in Tibet, 13. 



Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyeing with, 26, 



27, 28, 29, 41, 156. 

 Safranine, 32. 



Saighan, hill country of, 344. 

 Sajimati. employed in dyeing with safflower, 29. 

 Sancoa, Hydrophiince of, 184. 

 Sandal, red. See Red sandal. 

 S^ndway Island, Hydrophiince of, 236. 

 Saorias, anthropology of the, 43. 



birth ceremonies amongst the, 60. 



custom of adoption amongst the, 56. 



devils and evil spirits of the, 82. 



division of the, 45. 



ethics and morals of the, 47. 



five divisions of the, 46. 



gods of the, 65. 



houses of the, 84. 



Law of Divorce amongst the, 58. 



Daw of Inheritance amongst the, 59. 



marriage customs of the, 49. 



marriage prohibitions of the, 54. 



Modes of address amongst the, 60. 



new pujahs of the, 83. 



obsequies and burial of the, 62. 



Panchayat of the, 84. 



prohibitions regarding food of the, 84. 



religion of the, 65. 



religious terminology of the, 66. 



