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Index. 



Scalpelliim novte-zelandice , 82,83. 



,, sociabile, 74, 77 (Plate VIII, fig. 2) . 



79 (Plate I, fig. 2). 

 ,, squamuliferum,, 78, 79, 82. 



,, subflavum, 83. 



,, tenue, 82, 83. 



,, velutinum, 82, 83. 



,, wood-masoni,8^. 



Scaptira aporosceles, 198. 



,, scripta, 198. 



Sceliphron violaceum, 204, 212. 

 Schizodactylus monstrosus, 211. 

 Scincus, 191. 



Sciurus palmarum (part.), 221. 

 Scolopendra, 210. 

 Scroll illustrating Buddha's life and miracles, 10 



20. 

 Sculptured stones in Gilgit, no. 

 vSea-Snakes, A descriptive list of the, in the 

 Indian Museum, by Captain F. Wall, 

 277-299. 

 Seannas (conjurors), 31. 

 Seat of Chastity Ceremony in Gilgit, 102. 

 Seelo-ai-Thali Ceremony (Gilgit), 102, vide " Seat 



of Chastity. " 

 Seistan Mission, Orthoptera of the, 210. 

 Senguttan (local name for the blow-gun). Supple- 

 ment, ii. 

 Serica Calcutta, 204, 212. 

 .Settling disputes in Gilgit, A strange method of, 



103, 112. 

 Sgra-gcan-hdsin (Tib.) Sthavira, 3. 

 Shah Mir, Chief of Kashmir (Gilgit song), 99. 

 Shah Murad, vide Murad. 

 Shamsher, The story of, 115-118. 



,, drives out Shri Badat, 117-118. 



Shangali Ween, Belief regarding, 112. 

 Sheep in Piyadasi's Edicts, 371. 

 She-goat as a sacred judge in " Seat of Chastity " 



Ceremony (Gilgit), 102. 

 Sherring, C. A., on the Bhotias of Almora and 



British Garhwal, 93-119. 

 Sher Shah, Ali Shah, Shah Murad, Shah Sultan, 



The history of. 121-124. 

 Shitasta, (a term in Persian architecture), Supple- 

 ment, xi. 

 Shina, language of Gilgit, 95. 

 " Shino Bazono," in. 



,, ,, Festival of, in Gilgit, 95-97. 



Shins of Gilgit, 94. 



,, Resemblance between Hindus and, 94. 

 Shiraz Swindle, Story of the, 385. 

 Shokas or Rawats, 96. 

 Shri Badat, the Man-Eater (Gilgit), 114. 



,, driven out of Gilgit by treachery 



of his daughter, 117-118. 

 vShri Bai, 109. 



,, Ceremony of, 108. 

 Singali, in a Thibetan prayer, 23. 

 Sitana, 200. 



,, ponticeriana, 187, 188, (footnote), 191, 

 198, 200, 201, 202. 

 S'itavana, 13. 



„ History of, 15. 

 Skardu Chiefs' advance against Chitral, 121. 

 Skate-fish in Piyadasi's Edicts, 369. 

 Social customs of the Uraons, 154, etc. 

 Soglio, the Danyal's story (Gilgit), ±06. 

 .Solar eclipse, indicative of the death or banish- 

 ment of a good king, 107. 

 Song sung in the festival of Shino Bazono, 96. 

 „ ,, in the " Tao " Ceremony, 99. 

 ,, ,, by the bridegroom (Gilgit) , 100. 

 , , for bringing the damsel out of her home 



(Gilgit), 101. 

 ,, for comforting her (Gilgit), 101, 102. 

 ,, in honour of Skardu chiefs, 122-124. 

 Soul of Shri Badat, consisting of butter, 117. 

 Southern India, Fauna of a desert tract in, by N. 



Annandale and R. C. Wroughton, 183. 

 Sped-byed (Tib.) Sthavira, 3. 

 Spinifex squarrosus , 213. 

 Spring Festivals of Gilgit, 95. 

 Springs, sacred, 112. 

 Squirrel in Piyadasi's Edicts, 370. 

 S'ravasti, in a Thibetan scroll, 13. 

 Srikun, a goddess, 111. 



,, Ceremony of, in. 

 Srimara (animal) in Piyadasi's Edicts, 370. 

 S'rona Koti, Story of, 15. 

 Srong btsan sgampo, 44. 



„ Civilizing mission of, doubted, 44. 

 Stapleton, H. E., on Sal- Ammoniac, 25-42. 



, , on Alchemical Equipment in the 



nth century A.D., 47-70. 

 Starling in Piyadasi's Inscriptions, 365. 



,, in Ancient Indian Literature, 365-366: 



Stein, M. A., Tibetan relics of, 44. 



