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2. The material cause. 
3. The implemental cause. 
4, The formal cause. 
5. The processive cause—that is, the exact order and method of 
the action. 
6. The motive or function. | 
We might, also, include a series of concomitants, such as techni- 
eal vocabulary, all sorts of traditional lore and myths, social or- 
ganization, and even religious rites. 
Again, some of the six’causes are themselves generally the out- 
come of other causes, so that we have concatenations and genealo- 
gies of causes. 
Now for the application. Most men, when they say this thing 
resembles that, have reference only to one of our six causes. They 
mean simply that there is resemblance in form, or material, or 
technical method, or function. My plan would be to submit such 
resemblances to scrutiny to ascertain how far they extend, and, also, 
to examine resemblances known to be consanguine, or borrowed, 
or independent, to ascertain which of our characteristics are pecu- 
liar to them. In that way an inductive system of rules would be 
adduced. 
The two independent inventions which I exhibit are a beginning 
in that direction. One is a stitch in basketry, found only at Cape 
Flattery and on the Congo. This stitch is common enough in fish- 
traps, wattling fences, and cages, but in only these two areas have 
people thought to apply it to close basketry. It consists of vertical 
warp, a horizontal second warp, laid behind the first, and a coiling 
or sewing of these two together, so as to show a diagonal stitch in 
front and a vertical stitch inthe rear. Here the resemblance is in 
method alone. In all other respects the inventions differ. 
The other invention referred to is the throwing-stick of Austra- 
lians, Puru Purus, and Eskimo. These agree, in motive or func- 
tion and in the fundamental idea of a staff and a hook. Beyond 
this the Eskimo have invented a dozen additional attachments 
never dreamed of by the others. 
Mr. Murpocs supplemented the enumeration of throwing sticks 
by describing an undeveloped form used by the Siberian Eskimo. 
In reply to a question by Mr. Goode, Mr. Mason stated that he 
had not seen the Brazilian sticks; they are mentioned by many 
