A. B. Ellis, _The Ewe-speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast_, pp. 139-142. Footnote 495: _Adonis, Attis, Osiris_, Second Edition, pp. 58 _sq._ Footnote 496: Sir Harry Johnston, _The Uganda Protectorate_ (London, 1902), ii. 677. Footnote 497: From notes sent to me by Mr. A. C. Hollis, 21st May 1908. Footnote 498: J. G. Scott and J. P. Hardiman, _Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States_, part ii. vol. i. (Rangoon, 1901) p. 439. Footnote 499: E. W. Lane, _Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians_ (Paisley and London, 1895), chap. xxvi. p. 500. The authority for the statement is the Arab historian Makrizi. Footnote 500: _The North China Herald_, 4th May 1906, p. 235. Footnote 501: G. A. Wilken, “Het animisme bij de volken van den Indischen Archipel,” _De Indische Gids_, June 1884, p. 994 (referring to Veth, _Het eiland Timor_, p. 21); A. Bastian, _Indonesien_, ii. (Berlin, 1885) p. 8. Footnote 502: A. Bastian, _op. cit._ p. 11. Footnote 503: A. Bastian, _Indonesien_, i. (Berlin, 1884) p. 134. Footnote 504: _Voyages d’Ibn Batoutah, texte arabe, accompagné d’une traduction_, par C. Defrémery et B. R. Sanguinetti (Paris, 1853-1858), iv. 126-130. Footnote 505: The Thanda Pulayans, on the west coast of India, think that the phosphorescence on the surface of the sea indicates the presence of the spirits of their ancestors, who are fishing in the backwaters. See E. Thurston, _Ethnographic Notes in Southern India_, p. 293. Similarly the Sulkas of New Britain fancy that the mysterious glow comes from souls bathing in the water. See P. Rascher, “Die Sulka,” _Archiv für Anthropologie_, xxix. (1904) p. 216. Footnote 506: For a list of these tales, with references to the authorities, see my note on Pausanias, ix. 26. 7. To the examples there referred to add I. V. Zingerle, _Kinder- und Hausmärchen aus Tirol_, Nos. 8, 21, 35, pp. 35 _sqq._, 100 _sqq._, 178 _sqq._; G. F. Abbott, _Macedonian Folk-lore_, pp. 270 _sqq._ This type of story has been elaborately investigated by Mr. E. S. Hartland (_The Legend of Perseus_, London, 1894-1896), but he has not discussed the custom of the sacred marriage, on which the story seems to be founded. Footnote 507: Note on Pausanias, ix. 10. 5. Footnote 508: Spencer and Gillen, _Northern Tribes of Central Australia_, pp. 226 _sqq._ Footnote 509: R. Salvado, _Mémoires historiques sur l’Australie_ (Paris, 1854), p. 262. Footnote 510: H. Ternaux-Compans, _Essai sur l’ancien Cundinamarca_, pp. 6 _sq._ Footnote 511: H. Coudreau, _Chez nos Indiens_ (Paris, 1895), pp. 303 _sq._ Footnote 512: C. Lumholtz, _Unknown Mexico_ (London, 1903), ii. 57. Footnote 513: C. Lumholtz, _op. cit._ i. 402 _sq._ Footnote 514: T. I. Fairclough, “Notes on the Basutos,” _Journal of the African Society_, No. 14, January 1905, p. 201. Footnote 515: