Neri, Filippo, saint, 258.
Neto (Neaithos), river, 205, 206, 219, 220; wine of district, 307;
change in landscape, 314.
Newspapers andpublic opinion, 277; characteristics of local,3O3-305.
“New York Times,” on Sybaris, 116.
Nicastro, town, 241.
Niceforo, A., 252.
Nicephoras Phocas, 81, 281.
Niehbuhr, B. G., 272.
Nilus, builder-saint, 114.
Nilus, saint, 105, 108, no.
Nissen, H., 219.
Noepoli, village, 149.
Nola-Molisi, G. B., 298, 320.
Nordau, M., 74.
Normans, buried at Venosa, 38; their behaviour in Sicily, 137.
North, W., 290.
Nowairi, historian, 135.
Nutrition, its effect upon physique and morals, 125-127.
Oaks (_Quercus cerris_), 222.
Octroi, a mediæval abomination, 34-36, 66, 90.
Odours, susceptibility of natives to, 52, 318.
Oenotrians, a useful tribe, 130.
Okey, T., 279.
Olive oil, export from Palmi, 241.
Oria, town, 65.
Orsini tower, Taranto, 67.
Otter, a rare animal, 184.
Otto II., 135, 292.
_Otto-Nove!_ charm-formula, 310.
Ouida, 45, 120.
Oysters of Taranto, 81.
Pacicchelli, G. B., 12, 208, 282, 294.
Paestum, 119, 137, 283, 285.
Paganism, survival of, 248.
Paleparto, mountain, 196.
Palermo, behaviour of Normans in, 137; metropolis of Saracens, 138; its
percentage of homicides, 276.
Pallagorio, village, 315.
Palmi, its oil-industry, 241.
Pandosia, ancient city, 196, 197.
Paoli, Monsieur, 27.
Paracorio, village, 245.
“Paradise Lost,” its presumable prototypes, 160; derived from
Salandra’s work, 161 _seq._
Parafante, brigand, 241.
Parenti, village, 211.
Parisio, P., 197.
Parrino, D. A., 139.
Pascale, V., 284.
Patir (Patirion), monastery, in, 113-116, 186.
Patriarchalism, its break-up in South Italy, 48 _seq.;_ makes for
inefficiency, 226; shattered by judiciary abuses, 275, 279. See
_Peasantry._
Patrick, saint, 262.
Paul, saint, invoked against poisonous beasts, 138.
Paulinus, bishop, 151, 247.
Peasantry, oppressed by taxes, 35; their virtues and vices, 47;
break-up of patriarchal habits, 48, 53; their anthropomorphic language,
50; defective colour-sense, 51-52; their system of nicknames, 54-56;
degeneration in culture and modern revival, 57, 58, 97; their
destructive avarice, 218. See _Emigration._
_Pecorara,_ a rustic dance, 152.
Pelasgic language and race, 187, 189, 191.
Pelicaro, district, 97.
Pellegrini, A., 272.
Penal code of Italy, need for its revision, 276, 278, 279.
Pentedattilo, mountain, 272.
Pepe, G., 298.
Pericles, 152.
Perrey, G., 294.
Persius Flaccus, 284.