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[202] C.W. Hobley, "Further Researches into Kikuyu and Kamba Religious Beliefs and Customs," _Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute_, xli. (1911) p. 409.
[203] Mervyn W.H. Beech, _The Suk, their Language and Folklore_ (Oxford, 1911), p. 11.
[204] H.S. Stannus, "Notes on some Tribes of British Central Africa," _Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute_, xl. (1910) p. 305; R. Sutherland Rattray, _Some Folk-lore Stories and Songs in Chinyanja_ (London, 1907), p. 191. See above, p. 27.
[205] Jakob Spieth, _Die Ewe-Stämme_ (Berlin, 1906), p. 192.
[206] Anton Witte, "Menstruation und Pubertätsfeier der Mädchen in Kpandugebiet Togo," _Baessler-Archiv_, i. (1911) p. 279.
[207] Th. Nöldeke, _Geschichte der Perser und Araber zur Zeit der Sassaniden, aus der arabischen Chronik des Tabari übersetzt_ (Leyden, 1879), pp. 33-38. I have to thank my friend Professor A.A. Bevan for pointing out to me this passage. Many ancient cities had talismans on the preservation of which their safety was believed to depend. The Palladium of Troy is the most familiar instance. See Chr. A. Lobeck, _Aglaophamus_ (Königsberg, 1829), pp. 278 _sqq._, and my note on Pausanias, viii. 47. 5 (vol. iv. pp. 433 _sq._).
[208] J. Mergel, _Die Medezin der Talmudisten_ (Leipsic and Berlin, 1885), pp. 15 _sq._
[209] Maimonides, quoted by D. Chwolsohn, _Die Ssabier und der Ssabismus_ (St. Petersburg, 1856), ii. 483. According to the editor (p. 735) by the East Maimonides means India and eastern countries generally.
[210] L'abbé Béchara Chémali, "Naissance et premier âge au Liban," _Anthropos_, v. (1910) p. 735.
[211] Eijub Abela, "Beiträge zur Kenntniss abergläubischer Gebräuche in Syrien," _Zeitschrift des deutschen Palaestina-Vereins_, vii. (1884) p. 111.
[212] J. Chalmers, "Toaripi," _Journal of the Anthropological Institute_, xxvii. (1898) p. 328.
[213] W. Crooke, _Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Qudh_ (Calcutta, 1896), ii. 87.
[214] W. Crooke, in _North Indian Notes and Queries_, i. p. 67, § 467 (July, 1891).
[215] L.K. Anantha Krishna Iyer, _The Cochin Tribes and Castes_, i. (Madras, 1909) pp. 201-203. As to the seclusion of menstruous women among the Hindoos, see also Sonnerat, _Voyage aux Indes Orientates et à la Chine_ (Paris, 1782), i. 31; J.A. Dubois, _Moeurs, Institutions et Cérémonies des Peuples de l'Inde_ (Paris, 1825), i. 245 _sq._ Nair women in Malabar seclude themselves for three days at menstruation and prepare their food in separate pots and pans. See Duarte Barbosa, _Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the beginning of the Sixteenth Century_ (Hakluyt Society, London, 1866), pp. 132 _sq._