McDowell, Henry B.: cited, 96. McLennan, Dr. John F.: cited, 39. Mackay, Alexander: cited, 15. Mackenzie, Capt. J.S.F., quotation from, 258 f. Maçoudi’s _Les Prairies d’Or_, reference to, 200. _Madaa_, place of prayer, 164. Madagascar, importance of right foot in, 38; circumcision in, 149. Mafkat, land of, 184. Magharah, Wady, boundary marks in, 179. Magyars: stepping over threshold among, 12; custom to win love, 19 f. Mahabharata: cited, 6; on responsibility of heralds, 62; Hindoo epic, 157. _Mal occhis_, or evil eye, 79. Male represented by stone or pole, 258. Man, origin and development of, 223. Manoli in “Monastery of Argis,” story of, 52 f. _Mantra_, meaning of word, 15. Manu, Laws of, reference to, 6. _Maras_ kept off by cross on threshold, 18. “Marches,” reference to, 183. Marduk, reference to, 235. _Margosa_, reference to, 259. Margrave, origin of, 183. Mariette Bey, references to, 111, 126, 128. Market-places as boundaries, 178. “Markgraf,” meaning of, 183. “Marks,” reference to, 183. Marquardt, Joachim: cited, 30, 39, 41. “Marque, Letters of,” meaning of, 183. “Marquee,” meaning of, 183. Marquises, origin of, 183. Marriage: threshold covenanting in, 25-35; by outpoured blood at threshold, 26; customs among Somalis in Central Africa, 27, among Wallachians, 29, in Egypt, 243, 245, in China, Dahomey, 245, in Syria, 246, in Asia and Africa, in Krasnoslobodsk, among Mordvins, in Pensa, 249, in Samoa, 251; not “by capture,” 36; celebrated at church door in Abyssinia, 131; where solemnized, 138; Pre-Reformation rule of, 139; services in Protestant Episcopal churches, 148; covenant, primitive certificate of, 196; primitive rite of, 214, 225; sacrament of, in Roman Catholic Church, 222; torch, origin of, 226; certificate in Syria, 245, in Upper Egypt, 245; ceremonies among Muhammedans, 247; ceremonies among Christians at Haleb, 248; ceremonies in Darfour, 249. See, also, _Wedding ceremonies_. “Mary’s Hand, Virgin,” among Christians of Syria, 77. Masjid: bridegroom’s visit to, in Central Africa, 27; place of prostration, 163. Mask marked with hand among Jicarilla Apaches, 89. Mason, William Shaw: cited, 21, 81. “Mason and Dixon’s line,” 182. Maspero, Prof. G.: cited, 14, 39, 85; references to, 95, 102, 105 f., 113 f., 126, 169, 201, 235. Massachusetts, beating bounds in, 176. Mastabahs, false doors in ancient Egypt, 106 f. Matthews, Washington, reference to, 87. Maundrell, Henry, reference to, 222. Maui, Island of, ancient god of, 150. Maurice, Thomas: cited, 122; references to, 123, 236 f. Maya people, sacrifices among, 145. Meccah: black stone of, reference to, 10; prayer niche toward, 108; mosk of, image thrown down at gate of, 123; mosk at, reference to, 163;