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. Nimitti-Bel, gate of, in walls of Babylon, 110. Nimroud, blood-stained slabs at entrance to palace of, 68. Nineveh: sanctity of doorway in, 108 f.; sculpture of Assyrian king with uplifted arm found at, 115. Ni-o, prints of gods placed over doors in Japan, 95. Nippur: sanctity of doorway in, 108 f.; altar found between temples in, 111. _Nish_, Assyrian word for swearing, 83. Noetling, Dr., reference to, 77. Northly, Hen., reference to, 140. Norway, Thorolf of, removing to Iceland, 160. “Not by door,” entering house, 6. Notre Dame, marriage at door of church of, 130. November 11 as sacrifice day in Ireland, 21. Nubia: ancient map of gold districts in, 180; reference to, 185. Numa, directions of, concerning boundaries, 173. Nuptial torch in marriage ceremony, 41. Nurshivan and Hormuz, reference to, 11. Nuts presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia, 31.