Fatrida: its supposed meaning in
Malagasy, 346.

"Faust," covenant with blood in, 95.
Feasting in covenanting, 148-153, 159-
161, 167, 179 f; the accompaniment
of the rite, 264, 370 f. See, also,
Eating.

Feathers, red: their significance, 328 f.
Feejee Islands: cannibalism in, 187;
marriage customs in, 193; the rite
in, 338 f.

Feet bound with red cord in China,
197.

Fellaheen customs in Palestine, 129 f.
"Ferire:" meaning of the word, 267.
Ferriol: cited, 85.

Festival of Isis at Busiris, sacrifices at,
171.

Festus, Sextus Pompeius: cited, 63 f.
Fielde: cited, 120, 124.

Fiery Cross its significance in Arabia,
317 f.; in Scotland, 317-320.
Fingers: blood from, in the rite, 59, 96;
relation of, to heart, 71 f.
Finn, Mrs. cited, 129 f.; on balancing
a blood account, 260-262.
Fire, a gift of the gods, 174.
Firmicus on life in sacramental cup, 355.
First-born son given in sacrifice, 150 f.,
156, 166 f. See, also, Human Sacri-
fice.

Food: restrictions on, removed in com-

munion, 160-164, 168-170; of the
soul, in Central America, 176; for
man, food for gods, 181 f.; shared,
gives common nourishment, 182 f.
Forbes cited, 54; on covenant oath in
Sumatra, 268 f.

Forehead: blood from, in the rite, 13, 90,

320; blood mark on child's, 232;
cutting of, among Germans, 367.
Fowl: sacrifice of, among Dayaks,
308 f.; sacrificed at marriage cere-
mony among Dayaks, 309; used
in the rite in Borneo, 323.
France, blood-drinking in, 124.
Frere: cited, 77, 109.
Freytag: cited, 8, 11, 64, 220, 223.
Friedländer: cited, 351 f., 357.
Friendship: shown in the rite, in

Syria, 4-10; through the rite, 7, 58,
63, 243; shown in sucking blood, 8;
among Arabs, 9-12; in Africa, 12-
38; in Europe, 39-42; among North
American Indians, 43, 54, 56; in
Burmah, 44; in Borneo, 49, 53;
among the Malays, 54; in Central
America, 54 f.; in Brazil, 55; in
Polynesia, 56 f.; in Scythia, 58;

325.

Gifts exchanged in the rite, 14, 16,
20 f., 25, 27-29, 66, 265, 334.
Gilead, covenant of Jacob and Laban
at, 268.

Ginsburg: cited, 225.

Girdle, under the, blood from, 174-176.
Giving blood: in proof of love, 85-92;

in worship, 89-93, 96.

Gleanings from general field, 362-369.
Goat: substituted for sheep in sacrifice,
157; sacrificed in lieu of a man in
India, 158.

God's gift of his Son, in proof of his
love, 272 f.

Godwyn: cited, 72, 200, 218.

Goel, office of, 259-263; in Brazil, 325;
in Australia, 325 f.

Goethe: cited, 95.

"Golden Legend," Longfellow's, prof-
fered blood in, 118 f.
Gomara: cited, 106.

Goths: their customs in covenanting,
199.

Grandidier, a reference to, 346 f.
Grant: cited, 338.

Gray cited, 150, 152-154.

Great Britain, substitute blood in, 227
Grecian history, mentions of the rite in

58.

Hand: blood from, in the rite, 9, 13,
41-43, 59, 62, 94, 265 f.; of con-
federates dipped in blood, 297;
meaning of cutting in, 341 f., 369.
See, also, Bloody Hand.

Hand-clasping: in blood, in the rite,

236; token of, 328; hint of the
rite in, 340-342; a survival of the
rite, 368 f.

Hand, Red. See Bloody Hand.
Handkerchiefs dipped in blood, 263.
Hands, striking. See Striking Hands.
Happer, on traces of the rite in China,
364 f.

Harmer: cited, 368.

Harper: cited, 64.
Harrison: cited, 359.
Hâsbayya, the rite in, 8.
Hatton cited, 52.

Head-hunting in Borneo, significance
of, 129; in Abyssinia, 368.
Healths, drinking of, a survival of the
rite, 201 f.

Heap of witness in the rite, 45, 62.
Heart: blood from over, in the rite, 45:

relation of finger to, 72; the source
of blood, 72; source of life, 99-
105, 301 f.; sacredness of, among
Dakotas, 105; sacredness of, in Cen-
tral and outh America, 105 f.;
hero's, preserved, 107 f.; deemed
sacred by Greeks and Romans,
108 f.; as life centre, 126, 204;
of lower animals eaten, 134-136,
180; symbol of personality, 204;
sacredness of, among ancient
Egyptians, 300 f.; sacredness of,
in primitive America, 301 f.; rela
tion of milk and, 301 f.; symbolized
by scarabæus, 301 f.; significa-
tion of the word, 302; new,
is new
life, 303; conception of, among
Zuñis, 305-308; significance of, 306 f.
Heart-eating as means of life, 128;

among Caribs, 128; among Áshan-

tees, 129; in Borneo, 129; in
Australia, 129; in Africa, 129, 135 f.;
among Araucanians, 131; in the
Norseland, 140; at sacred feasts,
by Indians, 180.
Heber: cited, 158 f.
Hefele: cited, 354.
Herodotus: cited, 61 f., 126, 171 f,

348 f, 366; on witness of covenant,
265 f.; on blood-drinking among
Scythians, 267; on anointing stones
with blood, 268.

Herrera: cited, 90, 107, 176-178.
Herzog; cited, 260.
Hesiod: cited, 112.

Himalayan districts, blood-drinking in,
141 f.

Hindostan traces of the rite in, 67;
blood-anointing in, 136 f.

Holcombe cited, 197.
Holmes: cited, 326 f.

381

Homer: cited, 108, 112, 297.
Hoomâyoon, the Great Mogul, as a
friend, 67

Horneman: cited, 354.

Horse sacrifice of, in China, 152 f.;
substituted for man in sacrifice, 157.
House of the amulet, 7, 65.
Human-divine inter communion

Peru, 176 f.

in

Human sacrifices: of first-born son, 156;
in India, 157; in ancient Egypt,
170 f.; in ancient Guatemala, 174;
in India in former days, 185 f.;
among Akkadians, 299 f.; among
Sakarang Dayaks, 308.

Hungary superstitions in, 115; traces
of the rite in, 366.

Hunter: cited, 163 f.

Huron Indians, cannibalism among,
127 f., 188.

"Hynd Horn," covenant ring in ballad
of, 331 f.

IBN Hishâm: cited, 11.

Iceland, traces of the rite in, 70.
Idols, anointing of, with blood, 176 f.,
306-308. See, also, Blood-anoint-
ing.

Ignatius, on life in sacramental cup, 354.
Importance of this study to all, 205 f.
Incest in bounds of the rite, 10, 55-57.
India: traces of the rite in, 66 f., 92, 109,

333; necklace-bond of the covenant
in, 76 f.; value of proffered blood
in, 122 f.; blood-drinking in, 141 f;
divine-human inter-communion by
blood in, 155; wedding ceremonies
in, 194; form of adoption in, 194-
196; substitute blood in, 227;
heart for life in, 301 f.

Indian girls in British Columbia: cus-
toms among, 307 f.

Indians, American: cannibalism among,
187f; the rite among, 339 f.
Indissolubleness of the rite, 6.

Initiation into new life in British Co-
lumbia, 307 f.

Inspiration through blood, 114, 139-147.
Inter-communion: divine-huinan, by

blood, 155; with the gods, by par-
taking of flesh and blood, 371.
Inter-union of the divine and human

through blood, 147-190; of sinner
and God symbolized, 247..
Invoking God to witness the rite, 370 f.
Involvings of the rite, 202-206.
Ireland: traces of the rite in, 71; cove-

nanting customs in, 199; use of
thumb-ring in marriage in, 331.

Irenæus his condemnation of covenant
tokens, 238; on the symbolism of
scarlet thread, 355.

Jessup cited, 82.

Jesus Christ: brings life to man, 273-

286; his words about eating flesh and
drinking blood, 276 f.; his blood-
giving in Gethsemane, 278; his blood
covenant through circumcision, 278;
cause of death of, 279 f.; voice
of blood of, 360.

Jewish custom of asking pardon of
corpse, 146; sacrifice: its resem-
blance to that of Egyptians, 300.
Jews charged with sacrificing a Greek
prisoner, 178 f.; wedding customs
among, 199; charged with blood-
drinking, 321.

Jezebel, blood of, licked by dogs, 312 f.
Jonathan and David: their covenant,
269-271.

Jones: cited, 70-75, 121, 238.
Jonson, Ben: cited, 199.

Josephus charge against Jews of hu-

man sacrifice repelled by, 178 f.;
on the transference of life, 363.
Juggernaut (Jagan-natha), sacrament
of, 163 f.
Juvenal: cited, 70.

KAFIRS: blood for life among, 125;
blood-washing among, 138.

Kalisch on blood-shedding in covenants,

"Lacu :" a hint of the rite, 334.
Lafitau cited, 327.

Lambs as witnesses of the rite, 266.
Landa: cited, 90.

Lane: cited, 7, 11 f., 64, 72, 75 f., 192,

220, 225, 260.

Lang: cited, 111, 130 f.

Laodicea, Council of: its condemnation
of covenant tokens, 238.
Laplanders, covenant-drinking among,
198.

La Roque: cited, 368.
Las Casas cited, 189.
La Trobe: cited, 327 f.
Lauth cited, 110 f.
Layard: cited, 75, 167.
Lea: cited, 146.

Lebanon, mountains of, the rite in, 5.
Lefébure cited, 110 f.
Legacies of friendship, 270 f.

Legend, Brahmanic, of value of blood,

122 f.

125, 287 f., 324.

Lepsius: cited, 78, 81 f., 236.

Lessons of the rite, 202-206.

Lettsom: cited, 69 122, 131, 140, 144.
Libations, Grecian and Roman, a sur-

vival of the rite, 200.
Licking blood in the rite, 59.
Liddell and Scott: cited, 304.
Life: blood is, 38 f., 57, 79 f., 99 f.,

111-126, 241, 299 f., 307 f.; by a
touch of blood, 134-139; always
from God, 147; to be taken only
by God's order, 214; new, from
the Author of life, 242; sharing the,
242; blood-money for, 261 f.; above

price, 262 f.; for life, the goel's
mission, 263; in Jesus Christ, 275 f.;
given to save a friend, 284 f.; old,
purged by new blood, 287 f.; atone-
ment by, 287 f.; represented by
name, 335.

Lightfoot: cited, 352, 361 f.
Lintels, blood sprinkled on: in China,
153; among Dayaks, 309.
Lion's heart eaten in Africa, 135.
Liver: a synonym of life, 303 f.; signifi-
cation of the word, 304 f.; and
spleen, conception of, among Arabs,

53.

Malcom cited, 137, 198.

Mamre, Eshcol, and Aner: their cov-
enant, 264 f.

Mandrake, or love-apple, 1II.
Manetho: cited, 170.

Marks stamped on shoulder, or on
chest, 218.

Marriage ceremony, survival of the
rite in, 191-200, 337 f.

Marriage customs: in Ceylon, 71; in

Borneo, 73, 308 f.; among Copts,
among Bed'ween, 192; among
Feejees, 193; in Namaqua Land,
193; in Russia, in Greece, in Switz-
erland, among Georgians, among
Circassians, 198; among Jews, 199;
in England, 199; in Scotland, 199 f.;
in India, 332.
Martin: cited, 150.

Martyr, Justin: on blood-drinking, 321;
on red cord of Rahab, 355.
Martyr, Peter: cited, 54

Masai Land, blood-drinking in, 135 f.

Mason: cited, 193.
Mather: cited, 94.
Maurice cited, 363.

383

Mayas, sacredness of heart among,

106 f.

Meaning of "goel," 259.

Mecca: the rite at, 348; stones from,
370.

Medhurst cited, 49.

:

Megapolensis: cited, 187.
Mendieta: cited, 112, 176.
Mephibosheth: favor shown him by
David, 270 f.

Method of the rite, universal, 267.
Methods: of the rite in Madagascar,
44-48; in Borneo, 44-54.

Mexico: legends of, 111 f.; cannibalism
in, 188 f.

Milk and blood: in blood-cancelling,
261; their relation, 301 f.
Milk-brothers, 11 f.

Mills: cited, 41, 117.

Mingled blood in death, in Hungary,
366.

Missionary use of the rite in Burmah,

314 f.

Mnemonic uses of wampum, 326-328.
Modes of drinking the covenant, 9;
of covenanting in Madagascar,
346 f.

Moffat on blood-bathing in Africa, 324.
Monier-Williams: cited, 155, 157, 175,
194.

Montolinia: cited. 90.

Moore: his Lalla Rookh, 321.
Morrison cited, 149.

Mosaic law blood-drinking forbidden

in, 40, 251; recognition of the rite
in, 240-263; place of bloody hand
in, 247; sacrifices of, 247 f.; on
blood-covenant symbols, 258; on
tensom for blood, 260 f.; cuttings
of flesh forbidden in, 368.

Moses sacredness of blood in days of,
210; neglecting circumcising of his
first-born, 221; eating and drinking
in covenant, 240.
Mosheim: cited, 359.

Muhammad, on sacredness of blood, 353.
Muhammadans, covenanting with, 7.
Murderer witnessed against by blood,
143-147.

NAAMAN, legend of, 116.

Nachman, Rabbi Moses bar, on sig-
nificance of blood-eating, 358.
Nadab his eating and drinking in cov-
enant, 240.

Nahuas, sacredness of heart among,
105 f.

Nakhl, Castle, sacrifice of dromedary

Name identical with life, 335; new,
given to youths in Australia, 336;
new, gift of, in New South Wales,
336 f.; of divinity, ethnic claim of
right to, 356.

Names exchanged, 334 f.
Napier: cited, 111, 143.

Natal, marriage customs in, 193.
Nature, transference of, through blood,
126-139.

Naville: cited, 110 f.

Nazarines, covenanting with, 7.
Necklace: a symbol of the covenant,
76; token of the covenant, 194; belts
and, of wampum, 326-328.
New Hebrides, cannibalism in, 371 f.
New life through new blood, 126; in
the blood of Christ, 286-293.
New nature through new blood, 126-139.
New South Wales: blood-cancelling,

133; the rite in, 336 f.

Nibelungen Lied: bracelet-bond in, 69;
charm of blood in, 122; blood-
drinking in, 130; testimony of blood
in, 143 f.

Niebuhr: cited, 223, 260.
Noah: his blood-giving, 212 f.
Norseland: mythology, traces of the

rite in, 39-42, 67-69; legends, in-
spiration by blood in, 139 f.; drink-
ing the covenant in, 201; substitute
blood in, 227; heart for life in, 301 f.
Nose, blood from, in the rite, 90.
Nose-ring as a symbol of the covenant,
in India, 164 f.

Nubia, blood-drinking in, 132.

OATH of covenant: in Sumatra, 268 f.;

in Scotland, 319.

Oaths in the rite, 6, 9, 12, 16 f., 20,
31, 41f, 44-47, 50, 52, 54, 59-63,
82, 96, 154, 268, 347 f.

Obadiah, Rabbi: cited, 245.
Occult sacrifices of Hindoos, 161.

Odin and Lôké: the rite between, 39-

PALACIO cited, 90 f.
Palestine: Fellaheen customs in, 129 f.;
Jews charged with tasting of pris-
oner's blood in, 178 f.; balancing
a blood-account in, 261 f.
Palmer: cited, 192.

Palms of hands, cuttings into, 369.
Parkman cited, 127 f., 181, 188 f., 325.
Parsees, communion sacrament among,
169.

Paschal Lamb, the true, 275.

Passover: the rite in, 230-238; signifi-
cance of, 351 f.

Passumah: a binding oath, in Sumatra,
268 f.

Paton, John G.: cited, 371 f.

Paul branded with the marks of Jesus,

218.

Pedahzur, Gamal. ben: cited, 146.
Pegs, marking the drinking-bowl in the
Norseland, 201.

Penn, William, and Indians, covenant
between, 328.

Persia: traces of the rite in, 70, 358 f.,

369-371; view of blood in, 358 f.
Peru: superstition in, 115; sacrament
of communion in ancient, 177 f.;
human sacrifice in, 177 f.

Phicol his part in covenant of Abime-
lech and Abraham, 266-268.
Phoenicia, blood libations in, 109.
Phylacteries: a covenant token, 232 f.;

King Saul's, 237 f.; valueless with-
out heart-remembrance, 257; refer-
ence to their origin, 329.
Piedrahita: cited, 198.
Piehl: cited, 83.

Pierced hands, a sign of the rite, 369.
Pierret: cited, 81, 83, 100, 111, 300 f.
Pierrotti: cited, 225, 260, 262 f.

Pig heart of, examined among Saka-
rang Dayaks, 308; used in the rite in
Borneo, 323.

Pike: cited, 194, 245.
Pindar: cited, 108.
Pitts cited, 368.
Pliny cited, 70, 116 f.
Plutarch: cited, 170 f.
Pollux: cited, 304.

Pope Innocent VIII., reported treat-
ment of, 124 f.

Porphyry cited, 170, 359.
Poseidonios: cited, 320.

Powell, on brotherhoods among Indians,