Leprosy, prominence of salt as cure for, 45. Life: dependent on salt, 42; salt representing, 53-70; seasoned with, 67; and light, 73-76; savor of, 133-138. Light, life and, 73-76. Livingstone, Dr. David: cited, 37 f., 38. London Court Journal, reference to, 125. London Quarterly Review, reference to, 43. Lot's wife turned to pillar of salt, 103. Lying, reference to, 167 f. Macgregor, John, experiences with Arabs, 32 f., 33. Macrae, quotation from, 126. Macrobius: cited, 49. Madagascar, covenant of salt in, 34. Mahabharata, quoted and cited, 33 f. Man offered in sacrifice, 91. Marie, Princess, reference to, 125. Marriage: a covenant, 7; salt and bread placed under threshold at, 106. Martène: cited, 101. "Martyrdom of an Empress," 129. Masai people, reference to, 37. Meal, salt of the covenant not to be lacking from the, 18. Meaning of the word "covenant," 3 f. Means of a merged life, 141, 142. Meat, eating of, as a pledge, 24. Mecca, "blood-lickers" in, reference to, 48. Mediterranean Sea, water not to be taken from, 70. Merged life, means of, 141, 142. Merrill, Selah: cited, 24. "Merry Wives of Windsor," reference to, 55. Message-bearer, salt in hand of, 126. Meyer's commentary, reference to, 65. Milk: substitute for salt, 62; used instead of blood, 62. "Milk and honey" standing for blood and flesh, 80. "Milk brothers," reference to, 62. Money, salt as, 69. Morier, James, reference to, 54. Morris's "China:" cited, 92. Morton, Dr. Thomas G.: cited, 41. Mountains of salt, 70. Müller, F. Max, reference to, 91 f. Moody, D. L., reference to, 156. Moses, reference to, 148, 158. "Mother," Oriental meaning of term, 160. Mount Sinai, Moses at, 148. Name signifying personality, 155 f. Naming child, ceremony of, 124. Napier, James: cited, 101 f., 104, 138. Neptune, reference to, 23. Nicoll, reference to, 65. Niebuhr: cited, 24. Noah: use of blood as food forbidden to, 41; reference to, 163. Norwach: cited, 7, 14, 137. Oath: Oriental form of, 54; different forms of, 123. "Obligation," used interchangeably with "covenant," 5. Old Testament, word "covenant" in, 18. Oriental: form of oath, 54; meaning of terms "father" and "mother," 160; summit of treachery, 111. Orientals, Bible written by, 146. Othello, reference to, 55. Oxford University, giving salt to students in, 127. Page, Master, reference to, 54. Pasha, Arabi, reference to, 130. Pasha, Moldovanji, reference to, 28. Paul, reference to, 67. Perley, quotation from, 125. Perpetuity, salt as symbol of, 84. Perspiration, salt shown in, 40. Philinus, reference to, 56. Philology, archeology sometimes more valuable than, 4. Pierrotti: cited, 24. Plato, reference to, 53. Pledge, eating meat as a, 24. Pliny: cited, 45, 68, 70, 73, 94, 119.