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Footnotes: 1. "Outlines of Primitive Belief," 1882, p. 54. 2. "Tree and Serpent Worship." 3. See Sir John Lubbock's "Origin of Civilisation," pp. 192-8. 4. Fortnightly Review, "The Worship of Animals and Plants," 1870, vii. 213. 5. Ibid., 1869, vi. 408. 6. "Principles of Sociology," 1885, i. p. 359. 7. "The Origin of Civilisation and Primitive Condition of Man." 8. Quarterly Review, cxiv. 212. 9. Keary's "Primitive Brlief," pp. 332-3; Edinburgh Review, cxxx. 488-9. 10. "Du Culte des Dieux Fetiches," p. 169. 11. "Primitive Belief," pp. 332-3. 12. Fergusson's "Tree and Serpent Worship," p. 16. 13. cxxx. 492; see Tacitus' "Germania," ix. 14. See Edinburgh Review, cxxx. 490-1. 15. Edinburgh Review, cxxx. 491. 16. Mr. Fergusson's "Tree and Serpent Worship." See Edinburgh Review, cxxx. 498. 17. See Lewin's "Hill Tracts of Chittagong," p. 10. 18. Cornhill Magazine, November 1872, p. 598. 19. An important tribe in Central India. 20. See Sherring's "Sacred City of the Hindus," 1868, p. 89. 21. Dorman's "Primitive Superstitions," p. 291. 22. See "Researches in Geology and Natural History," p. 79. 23. "Anahuac," 215, 265. 24. Dorman's "Primitive Superstitions." p. 292. 25. "Journeys to the Polar Sea." i. 221. 26. "The Origin of Civilisation." 27. "Songs of the Russian People." p. 219. 28. Ibid., p. 238. 29. See my "British Popular Customs." p. 21.