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-olst October (Damsinkers- CaiHp, F.,R.).-During the forenooa 

 T obtained a number of names from the natives. One ot them 

 Wainbret by name, who belongs to the coastal natives, assisted 

 me creatlv, having the advantage of speaking English fairly well, 

 and being also rather intelligent. The coastal tribe, he tells me, 

 claims about 30 to 35 miles inland, and was at one time very 

 numerous. They neither circumcise, slit the urethra, nor knock 

 out their front teeth. He tells me that all the '' Bardeks i^.e 

 those that circumcise and perform Sturts rite) are c^mnibals 

 when pushed for food. He also made the assertion that tlie 

 want of teeth was a sign that the man had partaken of human 

 flesh. This may be erroneous, because the coastal tribe somewhat 

 de.spise the Bardeks, although not now in open feud with them, 

 and even friendly. AVith the exception, however, of this mtor- 

 mation, I believe everything obtained rom ^A'alnbret to be 

 thoroughly reliable. He readily acknowledged Ins ignorance if 

 .mestioned about things he did not know. Another native called 

 ''Paddy" also spoke English fairly well. He is a Bardek and comes 

 from the east of Eraser Range tribe. Some of the nameshe gave me 

 of plants T showed him differ from those of the 1 raser Range tribe, 

 and the natives of Hampton Plains have also different names m 

 some cases. The language of the different tribes belonging to the 

 Bardeks seems to me e.ssentially the same, the leading terms and 

 expressions being identical. The language of the coastal tribe 

 however, seems to differ considerably from it. 1 regret that 1 

 could not make more extensive studies on this subject and did 

 not come a few weeks sooner to this camp, where a favorable 

 opportunity was offered for such a purpose by the congregation 

 of individuals from several tribes. I obtained some etchings on 

 bark made by the natives, representing some crudely-drawn 

 landscapes and other objects. They are produced on the inner 

 side of the bark, when it is still fresh, by a pointed piece of hard 

 ^vood, and are called " worma." A few remarkable facial types 

 were seen amoncst the natives congregated here. There was the 

 one with the very Jewish face already spoken ot, who was very de- 

 lighted torenew his acquaintance with me. He is always happy, 

 revels in little pranks, and is particularly proud of his youngster 

 by wife number two ; which, however, I am dubious of being his 

 own on account of his extreme mutilation. Another remarkable 

 type is one that looks exactly like an African negro, both as regaixls 

 features as well as hair, which latter is extremely short and curly, 

 and almost woolly. A third was called "Frenchman owing to his 

 resemblance to one. The hole in his nose for the " kondel had 

 been torn, and in consequence this organ had a peculiar sharp 

 point. His dress, however, contributed greatly towards his 

 French appearanee. It consisted of blue trousers, and shirt of 



