Covenant: meaning of the word, 3 f.; characteristics of a, 3-10; etymology of, 5; words used interchangeably with, 5; marriage a, 7; circumcision as token of, 8; various kind of, 9, 13; Bible references to, 17. Covenanting, exchange of tokens and symbols in, 8. Cross, sign of the, reference to, 89. Curative powers of salt, 43 f. Customs preceding words, 9. Dacier, reference to, 70, 88. Daraon, burning of salt among people of, 99. Darius, King, directing supply from royal treasury, 20. David, God's covenant with, 17 f. Da Vinci's painting, reference to, 113. Dead body, salt on breast of, 104. Dead Sea, reference to, 58, 134. Death: from _salts-hunger_, 42; salt used at, 61; or life, 133-138. Dedication of a church, 90. Definition, not easily reached, 5. Delitzsch, Friedrich: cited, 7. Denham: cited, 24. _Dhar_, used in treaty of peace, 123. Diab, Joseph, reference to, 28. Discovery of salt as article of diet, 41. Disputes settled by salt and water, 124. Divination, salt in, 99-106. Division of Ten Commandments, 159 f. Doolittle: cited, 100. Doughty: cited, 24. Du Tott, Baron, quotation from, 27, 28. Dyer, Thistleton: quotation from, 104; cited, 113, 137, 138. Eassie, W.: cited, 62. Ebionites, salt and bread employed by, 50. Edwards's "History of West Indies," quotation from, 60. Egypt: salt forbidden to priests in ancient, 55; Feast of Burning Lamps in, 92 f.; burning salt in, 99; Muhammadan Arabs in, 100. Egyptian: use of salt in sacrifice, 93; idea of wine and blood, 118; collection of taxes, 130. Egyptians, table an altar among, 85. El Hejaz, Bed'ween of, reference to, 110. Elijah, reference to, 58. Elisha, reference to, 57. Elizabeth, Queen, reference to, 126. Elkesaites, bread and salt employed by, 50. Ellis's "History of Madagascar:" cited, 8. England, burning salt in, 101. Esquimaux, value of blood among, 39. Etruscan: symbolism, 93; customs, salt in, 105. Etymology of "covenant," 5. Eucharist, salt in the, 89. "Evil eye:" reference to, 100 f.; treatment received by James Napier for, 101 f. Evil spirits, exorcising, 99. Exactness of definition not to be reached, 5. Exchange of tokens and symbols as a means of covenanting, 8. Exorcism, salt in, 99-106. Faithlessness to salt, 109-114. "Father," Oriental meaning of, 160. Feast of Burning Lamps, 92 f. Fidelity to salt, 130. Finn, Mrs., quotation from, 32. "Fire: salted with," 65; salt leaping up in, 95; salt thrown into, 100. Fish, salt in Dead Sea in lieu of, 58. Flesh and bread, 119. Flies, dead, life brought to, by salt, 63. Flood, use of blood as food forbidden after the, 41. Floor, salt sprinkled upon, 100. Florus, reference to, 55. Food: salt indispensable in, 14; use of blood as, 41. Ford, George A.: cited, 101.