Hezekiah, King, his reformation, i. 25, 107; date of his reign, 25 _n._ 4 Hibeh papyri, ii. 35 _n._ 1, 51 _n._ 1 Hide-measured lands, legends as to, ii. 249 _sq._ Hieraconpolis in Egypt, ii. 22 _n._ 1; representations of the Sed festival at, 151 Hierapolis, the Syrian, festival of the Pyre or Torch at, i. 146; sacred doves at, 147; great sanctuary of Astarte at, 269; eunuch priests of Astarte at, 269 _sq._ ——, in the valley of the Maeander, cave of Pluto at, i. 206; hot springs at, 206 _sqq._ —— and _Hieropolis_, distinction between, i. 168 _n._ 2 —— -Bambyce, Atargatis the goddess of, i. 137, 162; mysterious golden image at, 162 _n._ 2; rules as to the pollution of death at, ii. 227 Hieroglyphics, Hittite, i. 124, 125 _n._ High-priest of Syrian goddess, i. 143 _n._ 1 —— Priestess, head of the State, ii. 203 Highlanders, Scottish, on the influence of the moon, ii. 132, 134, 140 _Hilaria_, Festival of Joy in the rites of Attis, i. 273 Hill, G. F., on image of Artemis at Perga, i. 35 _n._ 2; on legend of coins of Tarsus, 126 _n._ 2; on goddess ’Atheh, 162; on coins of Mallus, 165 _n._ 6 Hill Tout, C., on respect shown by the Indians of British Columbia for the animals and plants which they eat, ii. 44 Himalayan districts of North-Western India, gardens of Adonis in the, i. 242 Himera, the battle of, i. 115; hot springs of, 213 _n._ 1 Hindoo burial of infants, i. 94; marriage custom, old, ii. 246; worship of perpetual fire, i. 192 Hindoos of Northern India, their mode of drinking moonshine, ii. 144 Hinnom, the Valley of, i. 178; sacrifice of first-born children in, ii. 219 Hippodamia, her incest with her father, i. 44 _n._ 1 Hirpini, valley of Amsanctus in the land of the, i. 204 Hissar District, Punjaub, i. 94 History not to be explained without the influence of great men, i. 311 _n._ 2 Hittite, correct form of the national name Chatti or Hatti, i. 133 _n._ —— costume, i. 129 _sq._, 131 —— deity named Tark or Tarku, i. 147 —— god of thunder, i. 134, 163 —— gods at Tarsus and Sardes, 185 —— hieroglyphics, i. 124, 125 _n._ —— inscription on Mount Argaeus, i. 190 _n._ 1 —— priest or king, his costume, i. 131 _sq._, 133 _n._ —— sculptures at Carchemish, i. 38 _n._, 123; at Ibreez, 121 _sqq._; at Bor (Tyana), 122 _n._ 1; at Euyuk, 123; at Boghaz-Keui, 128 _sqq._; at Babylon, 134; at Zenjirli, 134; at Giaour-Kalesi, 138 _n._; at Kara-Bel, 138 _n._; at Marash, 173; in Lydia, 185 —— seals of treaty, i. 136, 142 _n._ 1, 145 _n._ 2 —— Sun-goddess, i. 133 _n._ —— treaty with Egypt, i. 135 _sq._ Hittites worship the bull, i. 123, 132; their empire, language, etc., 124 _sq._; traces of mother-kin among the, 141 _sq._ Hkamies of North Aracan, their annual festival of the dead, ii. 61 Ho tribe of Togoland, their kings buried secretly, ii. 104 Hofmayr, W., on the worship of Nyakang among the Shilluks, ii. 164, 166