claim to have been the people who fed the snake. If a "thingsir" (a snake of which the female is very light-coloured and the male dark) enters a house, it is very "thianglo." The entry of any snake into a house is looked on with suspicion, and either portends misfortune or it denotes that the sacrifice to Sakhua is urgently needed. If this sacrifice is not performed speedily death may ensue. To see a snake with legs is "thianglo." The Lushais believe there are such creatures. My informant says it is only nowadays that this is "thianglo," inferring that formerly such creatures were common and therefore attracted no attention. It is the unusualness of the thing which makes the Lushai think it "thianglo." [4. Omens.] In the section dealing with superstition the subject of omens of misfortune has been fully dealt with, and there is no need to say much more, but the following extract from "Asiatic Dissertations," II, 1792, is interesting--it is from a description of the "Mountaineers of Tipra." "If at any time they see a star very near the moon they say, 'To-night we shall undoubtedly be attacked by some enemy,' and they pass the night under arms with extreme vigilance." This belief may be accounted for by the superstition that projects undertaken on such occasions are likely to succeed. Once when starting on a night expedition to capture a rebel chief, I noticed my guide staring up intently at the moon, and he expressed great satisfaction at seeing a star quite close to its edge, and exclaimed that our expedition was now sure to succeed, which I am glad to say proved true. [5. Witchcraft.] The Lushais are firm believers in witchcraft. There are several ways of bewitching your enemy. Colonel Lewin has a tale in which the wizard takes up the impression of a person's foot in the mud and puts it to dry over the hearth, thereby causing the owner to waste away. Clay figures into which bamboo spikes are thrust also figure in all cases in which a person is accused of this offence. To cut off a piece of a person's hair and put it in a spring is certain, unless the hair is speedily removed, to cause his death. Several tragedies have occurred on account of the belief in witchcraft. In 1897 three whole families were massacred because it was thought that they were bewitching a very aged chieftainess. The livers of the wizards were cut out and portions carried to the sufferer, but unfortunately she died before being able to taste them and thus prove the efficacy of the remedy. So strong was the feeling about these wizards that four or five households of their relatives had to be given a special and isolated site, as no village would receive them.