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332 it into the mouth of her child. When making a damper he has seen the water applied in the same way.

Mr. James Gilchrist, who has sent me an account of the Toode-nunjer tribe, resident 53 miles north-east of Perth, which speaks a language differing but little from that of the Perth tribe, remarks that in burying their dead they tie together the thumb and fore-finger of each hand. Also that when they send a message, they likewise send a message-stick with it, remarking that as the bearer delivers the message, the stick appears to serve no purpose.