to place right foot first in crossing threshold, 36; inscribe gates, fountains, bridges, and houses, 70; sacred inscriptions placed above doorways by, 71; sign of hand among, 76; lamb sacrificed at door of new house of, 76 f.; “Hand of the Prophet” on houses of, 77; sultan as father of faithful, 103; prayer niche among, 108; treading on idol at gate, 123; threshold of mosks counted sacred among, 123; their estimate of first foundations, 162; marriage customs of, 247; reticent on matters concerning women, 247 f. Muir, Sir William, reference to, 164. Mülhau and Volck, reference to, 255. Müller, Ivan V., reference to, 172. Müller, Prof. W. Max: cited, 127, 234. Muslims. See _Muhammadans_. Mussulmans. See _Muhammadans_. Mysore: king of, hand-print on back of letter written by, 94; ancient religious custom at, 258. Mysoreans, hand-print equivalent to oath among, 94. Naaman, reference to, 161. Nabob of Arcot, banners of, inscribed with hand, 78. Nabonidus, king of Babylon, 153. Nabunaʾid, king of Babylon, 154. Nahr-el-Kelb: as gateway of nations, 105; boundary marks at, 178. Nahuas, marriage ceremonies of, 246. Nakishbend, tomb of, threshold stone at, 124 f. Naomi, reference to, 64. Napier, James: cited, 44. Naples, pine cone among Pompeian relics at, 257. Narâm-Sin, reference to, 154. _Nasa_, meaning of Hebrew word, 83. Natchez Indians, religious ceremonies among, 147. Nations or states, boundaries of, 177. Neapolitan Museum, information concerning threshold at, 258. Nebo: shrine of, 110; references to, 177, 188. Nebuchadrezzar I.: meaning of name, 177; his empire boundary, 188. Nebuchadrezzar II.: inscriptions of, 109; his description of building walls of Babylon, 109-111; reference to, 154. Negeb: reference to, 160; boundary dispute on borders of, 170. Neoptolemus and Orestes in temple at Delphi, 134. Nephthys, guardian of gateway of Egyptian temple, 127. Nergal, threshold god among Assyrians, 95, 113, 235. Nestorians kissing threshold on entering church, 124. Nevius, Rev. J.W.: cited, 24. New Empire of Egypt: religious pictures on stele in tombs of, 107; buildings of, 155. New England: door at corner of house in, 55; “beating the bounds” in, 176. “New Fire, Festival of,” 147. New Testament, symbols of Old Testament explained in, 215. New Year: threshold custom in Aberdeenshire, 20 f.; of Hebrews, 212; Easter beginning new Ecclesiastical, 221. New Zealand, sacred image as gateway in, 107 f. Niche: as shrine in Egypt, 106; survival of tomb doorways, 108; prominence of, in Egypt, 106 f., in New Zealand, 107 f., in Muhammadan and Christian lands and in China, 108. Niebuhr, C.: cited, 248. Nikkō, shrines of, 126. Nile, Gen Grant on Upper, 7 f. Nimb tree, reference to, 259.