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The Rosary in Magic and Religion.

interesting myself, and I trust that the material I have collected may be of some use to others. I conclude this paper with the hope that no one will quote against my array of very miscellaneous facts a proverb from Assam which protests against a love of futile display in the words: "There are many rosaries, the beads of which are not told in devotion."[1]

  1. Some Assamese Proverbs, compiled and annotated by Captain P. R. Gurdon, I.S.C. Quoted in a review of the book in Journ. Koy. Asiatic Soc., vol. xxviii. p. 809.