Professor Tate read a portion of his paper in which'he ex- 

 pressed his opinion on that point. (See page 94.) 



Mr. T. a. Ponton, F.Z.S., asked whether the skulls of the 

 natives of the Bunda Plateau were different from those of the 

 tribes nearer Adelaide. 



Professor Tate had not studied !!the matter, but he had 

 brought back material for those who were interested in the 

 subject. He considered the Murray natives superior to those 

 near Adelaide, and those living outside ■ the Bunda Plateau 

 were superior to those living within its confines, who were 

 very thin in the body and had narrow and elongated heads. 

 He mentioned several distinguishing peculiarities in the 

 natives of the Bunda region, which perhaps were due to the 

 great privations which they underwent. They partly obtained 

 their subsistence by digging out the great wombats, and it 

 sometimes occupied them several days in digging out a single 

 burrow. The natives used a pointed stick for digging with, 

 and a stick also tipped with flint for killing the wombats. 

 They did not appear to be capable of hunting the kangaroo, 

 and did not use a throwing-stick, as do the natives to the east- 

 ward about Fowler's Bay. The natives arrived at maturity 

 very early, and the women were old at thirty. The skull from 

 the Bunda region, which he produced, compared very unfavour- 

 ably with those of the Murray tribes. 



The Hon. B. T. Pinniss asked if the Professor had noticed 

 whether the incisor teeth were like molars ? 



Professor Tate, in reply, referred to the skull of a Eucla 

 native, in which the incisor teeth had broadish crowns. 



Mr. Chas. Todd spoke of the value of the paper, and thought 

 that at some future time Professor Tate might be able to offer 

 some observations upon the springs extending almost up to 

 Charlotte Waters. He understood that the longest drought 

 made no difference in those springs, so they must have a strong 

 source somewhere. Prom the MacDonnell Panges the water- 

 courses were of considerable length. With regard to the 

 Bunda region, it had been Professor Tate's interest and anxiety 

 to find water, and, in spite of his bad success, he could not but 

 admire the ability and enterprise he had brought to bear upon 

 the work. 



The Hon. B. T. Pinniss read a paper upon " Will : the 

 Effect of Physical Forces acting on the Brain," in which he 

 referred to various theories on the subject, quoting largely 

 from standard authors, and treating upon materialism and 

 transcendentalism. 



A very short discussion ensued. 



