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not in the north, where they are said to have brought their language? Why are the Arunta not hero-worshippers, if they are Papuans?

If, on the Lower Leichardt, Baiame "is a culture hero," under a "god" — "named Gooaree," the case is parallel to that of Daramulun, who is a "god" to the Yuins and a bull-roarer bogey to the Wiradjuri, — under Baiame as "god."

It is clear that, even if we grant that Papuans reached the

Lower Murray, we cannot possibly know anything about the nature

of their beliefs at that period.

A. Lang.

Lucky Horse-Shoes. (Vol. xix., p. 28S.)

On Plate V. of Folk-Lore for September last the figure of a horse-shoe is given as a motor mascot, and the writers of the article on "Specimens of Modern Mascots, etc., etc.," say that there seems to be a revival in this country at present of the belief in luck.

May I add that in Wales at the present day a horse-shoe appearing in the teacup — that is, tea grounds or leaves forming themselves into a horse-shoe — is considered extremely lucky. I also noticed in Australia a few years ago a large number of horse-shoes hanging on the wall above the door of the front entrance of a Prime Minister's mansion, though the colonies are upon the whole, perhaps, rather free from superstition.

Jonathan Ceredig-Davies.

"Sympathetic" Magic.

I am anxious to collect instances of modern survivals of sympathetic, symbolic, or what I may term "homoeopathic" magic among civilised peoples, or others whose customs are not easily accessible through the medium of standard works