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"On the Deme and the Horde." A. W. Howitt and Lorimer Fison, ''Journal Anthrop. Inst.'' 1884.

"The Jeraeil, or Initiations of the Kurnai Tribe." A. W. Howitt, ''Journal Anthrop. Inst.'' May 1885.

"On the Migrations of the Kurnai Ancestors." A. W. Howitt, ''Journal Anthrop. Inst.'' 1886.

"On Australian Medicine-men." A. W. Howitt, ''Journal Anthrop. Inst.'' August 1886.

"Notes on Songs and Song-Makers of Some Australian Tribes." A. W. Howitt, ''Journal Anthrop. Inst.'' 1887.

"Further Notes on the Australian Class Systems." A. W. Howitt, ''Journal Anthrop. Inst.'' 1888.

"Notes on Australian Message-Sticks and Messengers." A. W. Howitt, ''Journal Anthrop. Inst.'' 1889.

"On the Use of Gesture Language in Australian Tribes." A. W. Howitt, ''Aust. Ass. Ad. Sci.'' vol. ii. p. 637. 1890.

"Anthropology in Australia." A. W. Howitt, ''Aust. Ass. Ad. Sci.'' vol. iii. p. 342. 1891.

"On Trade Centres in Australian Tribes." A. W. Howitt, ''Aust. Ass. Ad. Sci.'' 1901.

The facts upon which my conclusions are based were stated substantially in the above works. But in some cases my views have been modified by a wider experience and more mature consideration. Yet the broad facts on which Dr. Fison and I relied, and the general deductions from the same, remain unaltered. That they were securely founded upon native custom is sufficiently shown by the splendid work done by Spencer and Gillen, who have independently found the same social facts, and have drawn therefrom the same conclusions as we did.

I have to express the very great obligations I am under to correspondents for information about the organisation, customs, and beliefs of the several tribes with which they were acquainted, or as to which they obtained information. My sincerest thanks are due to them, not only for this information, but also for the patience with which they bore my continued questioning, and for the very great trouble b