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Show 20 :1\{r. Dyson Lacy has given me in detail some vatu .. aLle observations, made several hundred miles in the interior of Queensland. To Mr. R. Brough Smyth, of lHelbourne, I am much indebted for observations made by himself, and for sending n1e several of the following letters, namely :-Fro1n the Rev. Mr. Hagenauer, of Lake Wellington, a Inissionary in Gippsland, Victoria, who has had much experience with the natives. From l\Ir. Samuel vVilson, a landowner, residing at Langerenong, vVimmera, Victoria. From the Rev. George Taplin, superintendent of the native Industrial SettleInent at Port Macleay. From Mr. Archibald G. Lang, of Coranderik, Victoria, a teacher at a school where aborigines, old and young, are collected fro1n all parts of the colony. From Mr. H. B. Lane, of Belfast, Victoria, a police magistrate and warden, whose observations, as I a1n assured, are highly trustworthy. From 1\Ir. Templeton Bunnett, of Echuca, whose station is on the borders of the colony of ·victoria, and who has thus been able to observe many aborigines who have had little intercourse with white men. He con1pared his observations with those made by two other gentlemen long resident in the neighbourhood. Also fro1n Mr. J. ]~ulmer, a missionary in a remote part of Gippsland, Victoria. I am also indebted to the distinguished botanist, Dr. ~..,erdinand 1\iiiller, of Victoria, for some observations made by himself, and for sending me others made by Mrs. Green, as well as for some of the foregoing letters. In regard to the 1\faoris of New Zealand, the Rev. J. W. Stack has answered only a few of my queries; but the answers have been remarkably full, clear, and distinct, with the circumstances recorded under which the observations were made. INTRODUCrriON. 21 The Rajah Brooke has given me somo information 'rith ·respect to the Dyaks of Borneo. Respecting the Malays, I have been highly sncces. fnl; for Mr. F. Geach (to who1n I was introduced by Mr. 'Val.lace): during his residence as a mining engineer in the 1nter1or of Malacca, observed many natives, who had never before associated with white men. He wrote m two long letters with admirable and detailed observations on their expression. He likewise observed the Chinese im1nigrants in the Malay archipelago. The well-know·n naturalist, H.l\f. Consul, Mr. s,vinhoe, also observed for n1e the Chinese in their native country; and he made inquiries from others whom he could trnst. In India :1\Ir. H. Erskine, whilst reRiding in his official capacity in the Ahmednugur District in the Bombay Presidency, attended to the expression of the inhabitants, but found much difficulty in arriving at any safe conclusions, owing to their habitual concealment of all emotions in the presence of Europeans. He also ?btained information for me from Mr. West, the Judge 111 Canara, and he consulted some intelligent native gentlemen on certain points. In Calcutta Mr. J. Scott, curator of the Botanic Gardens, carefnlly observed tho v.arious tribes of men therein employed during a conSiderable period, and no one has sent me such full and valuable details. ~J..lhe habit of accurate observation, gained by his botanical studies, has been brought to ?ear on our present subject. For Cey Ion I am much Indebted to the Rev. S. 0. Glenie for answers to somo of my queries. Turning to Africa, I have been unfortunate with r~spect to the negroes, though Mr. vVinwoocl Read aided me as far as lay in his power. It would have been comparatively easy to have obtained information in |