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17–18
    malevolent powers of, 16
    in Middle Ages, 20–21
    skeptics of, 23
    sleep disturbed by, 291–92
    whistling in the dark and, 143
    see also evil spirits; Satan; witches
    Démonolâtrie, La (Rémy), 302, 307
    “De Natura Rusticorum,” 240
    Denmark, 48, 89, 99, 125, 141
    arson punishment in, 54
    burglaries in, 41
    crime victims aided in, 68
    fires in, 48, 49, 50
    kings of, 226
    lookouts in, 77
    murders in, 43
    night courts of, 85
    nightwatch’s verses in, 78
    nightwatch weapons in, 77
    youth gangs in, 246
    De Praestigiis Daemonum (Weyer), 23
    depression, 289, 290
    De Republica Anglorum (Smith), 115
    Description of England (Harrison), 301
    Des Périers, Bonaventure, 117
    devil, see Satan
    “Devil’s lontun,” 18
    Dialogues on the Passions, Habits, and Affections Peculiar to Children, 122
    Diebeskerze, 42
    diet, 124, 271
    Dietz, Johann, 19, 47, 145
    Diggers, 319
    Dinka people, 4
    Direction for the Health of Magistrates and Studentes, A (Gratarolo), 265
    Discoverie of Witchcraft, The (Scot), 23
    disguises, nocturnal, 66–67, 243
    of burglars, 41, 243
    of Carnival, 152
    ghost impersonations as, 41, 243, 256
    of libertines, 219–20, 222, 226
    of Satan, 15
    of thieves, 40
    Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft, The (Webster), 23
    ditches, 24, 146, 170
    as fortifications, 62
    as street sewers, 27
    dobbies, 18
    Dobson, John, 197
    doctors, 64, 65, 113, 123, 129, 305
    Dogberry, 82
    dogs, 270, 293
    barks of, as nocturnal guidance, 133
    black, 15, 96
    as excursion guards, 142
    ghosts of, 19
    as lantern carriers, 126
    rabid, 316
    of slaves, 241
    wild predators repelled by, 171, 172
    see also mastiffs; watchdogs
    dog sleep, 267–68
    dominos, 216
    Domostroi, 46
    Don Quixote (Cervantes), 286
    Doré, Gustave, 336
    Dorrington, Charles, 39
    Dou, Gerrit, 204
    down-lanterns, 132
    dream-books, 313
    dreams, xxvii, 9, 262, 267, 311–23, 315, 318, 321, 335, 339
    communication of, 320
    evil combated in, 319
    freedom of, 314, 317–20
    interpretations of, 312–13, 316
    and interval of wakefulness, 322–23, 334–35
    lasting influence of, 320–22
    magic and, 320
    in non-Western cultures, 320
    personal insights from, 313–14
    physical health and, 313
    physiology of, 261
    pleasant, 317, 320
    recording of, 314–16
    in REM sleep, 322–23
    sexual activity in, 314
    of shamans, 317
    of sleepwalkers, 319–20
    spiritual themes in, 316
    unpleasant, 316–17
    violence in, 316, 319–20
    see also nightmares
    dress, 135–37, 199, 215, 216, 270–71
    Drinker, Elizabeth, 112, 130, 166, 177, 196, 281, 293, 316, 324
    drinking, 178, 186, 187, 188, 189–90, 210
    in bedtime rituals, 271
    fires and, 52
    in mishaps, 25, 28, 146, 235
    in murder, 46
    night vision improved by, 124
    drinking houses, 25, 46–47, 72, 187–90, 220, 236–37, 244
    see also alehouses; night-cellars; taverns
    “drop night,” 12
    drownings, 23, 25–26, 28, 146, 246
    Drummer, The (Addison), 109–10
    Drummond, Daniel, 243
    Drummond of Hawthornden, William, 149
    Dryden, John, 98, 322, 338–39
    Dublin, 74, 76, 86
    Duck, Stephen, 163, 254–5
    duergars, 18
    Du Laurens, André, 290
    dung, 179, 182, 284
    as cleanser, 164
    as fertilizer, 160, 166
    as fuel, 103
    as gnat repellent, 270
    of livestock boarded indoors, 279
    Dunton, John, 51
    Dursley Lanterns, 196
    Dyer, William, 101

    Earley, John, 35
    earthen banks, as fortifications, 62
    Easy Way to Prolong Life, An (Trusler), 263–64
    Eaton, Daniel, 161
    Eckles, John, 115
    Edinburgh, 27–28
    Edison, Thomas, 338
    Edward I, King of England, 31
    Egypt, ancient, xxxi
    darkness equated with death in, 4
    oil lamps of, 5
    Eibeschütz, Rabbi Jonathan, 206–7
    electric lighting, 6, 104, 110, 337
    elevated bedsteads, 274, 275, 276
    Eliot, John, 283
    Ellwood, Thomas, 94, 144
    elves, 18
    Elyot, Thomas, 265
    Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 334
    Emile (Rousseau), xxv, 110, 143
    Endimion (Gombauld), 301
    England:
    ale consumption in, 25
    almanacs published in, 129
    arson in, 54, 55
    bad roads in, 24
    bundling in, 198
    burglaries in, 36–39, 87
    carrying