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It would be easy to enlarge on this^ but hints like these are to- 

 be made as simple and practical as possible. The experienced 

 antiquarian will not require them in his wider knowledge. Simple 

 and easily understood they will be found helpful by many who 

 have had fewer opportunities. When practised they will transform 

 the mere collector into a promoter of historic science. He will- 

 no longer be execrated by some leaders in the field as a hindrance 

 rather than an* aid to clearer knowledge, but he will become one 

 of the helping hands without which wise heads can do little 

 or nothing. The knowledge gained will be accurate and wide- 

 spread, and in the end will lead to valuable results. How much 

 such workers are needed may be seen in the very limited reports 

 from some counties. How much can be accomplished by men who^ 

 are busy in other ways appears in some of those found elsewhere. 

 For all the aid they have given him, others may well unite with 

 the writer in returning most hearty thanks to these painstaking^ 

 helpers in the task of obtaining a clearer knowledge of aboriginal 

 history. 



