Baker, Sir Samuel W., quotation from, 9. Balawat gates, gods and kings at, 105. Baldensperger, P.J.: cited, 29. _Bali_: meaning of word, 15; placed on door-sill among Hindoos, 15; offering demanded at all doors, 15. Ballads, popular, on human sacrifice in foundation building, 52. Baltimore, Lord, boundary lines reported to, 182. Bancroft, H.H.: cited, 34 f., 45, 56, 144, 146, 202, 247; reference to, 108. Bangalore, serpent worship in, 258 f. Banks of lakes as boundaries, 178. Banners inscribed with open hand in Turkey and Persia, 78. Baptism, place of, in early churches, 137. Baptismal custom with reference to threshold, 18 f. Baptismal font, location of, in Protestant Episcopal churches, 147. Baptist, John the, mission of, 218. Baring-Gould, Rev. S.: quotation from, 138 f. Barker, W.B., reference to, 257. Barnabas and Paul at Lystra, 135. “Bason” word for _saph_ in English Bible, 206. Bat: under threshold in Roumania, 20; superstitions among primitive peoples regarding, 20. Baveddeen, famous threshold stone at, 124. Bay and laurel in doorway at marriage among Romans, 73. Bayt-el-Walli, rock grotto of, 180. Beans under threshold, among Magyars, 19 f. “Beating the bounds:” in England, 174; in New England, 176. Beccah. See _Meccah_. Becker, W.A.: cited, 37, 41, 72 f. Beer-sheba, well at, in dispute, 170. Beginning of religious rites, 199, 225. Beirut. See _Beyroot_. Bektashi derwishes of Syria, threshold custom of, 10. Bel, gate of, reference to, 95. Bel-Merodach, new king of ancient Babylon adopted by, 80. Belford, marriage customs at, 142. Beltis, gate of, reference to, 95. Beltis-Allat: “lady of the great hand,” 113; brandishing serpent in either hand, 235. Benjamin, S.G.W.: cited, 71. Bent, J. Theodore: cited, 107, 131. Bergeron, Pierre: cited, 13. Berlin, keys of captured cities in museum of, 262. Beth-el: Jacob at, 160; meaning of, 160. Betrothal: ceremony in Russia, 32; threshold custom in Central America, 34. Beyroot, boundary marks near, 178. Biaz, B.: cited, 21. Bible: carried into new home in Pennsylvania, 21; references to lifting up hands unto God, 82 f.; references to leaping over threshold, 117; reference to temple threshold as fitting place of worship, 117; its record of man, 224. Bingham, Joseph: cited, 136; quotation from, 136 f. Bird, Isabella: cited, 20, 72, 96, 101, 104 f., 126, 151. Birth: custom in Bombay, 17; new, help to, 199. Birthday, striking child on his, 176. Bishop, Isabella Bird. See _Isabella Bird_. Bishop of Paris, reference to, 139. “Bismillah,” use of word, on passing threshold, 10. Black hand: among Pecos, 87 f., Jicarilla Apaches, 89 f.; in Korea, 93 f. Black stone of Meccah, reference to, 10. Blessing, spiritual, represented in Assyrian sculpture, 231. Bliss, Dr. Frederick J.: cited, 58. Blood: