the photograph of the mining relic, the other two have not 

 been offered. 



Prof. Haddon must be perfectly familiar with the alligator 

 drums of Torres Straits, and the restricted area where 

 they are used. 



It would add greatly to the value of Prof. Haddon's note 

 if he could examine the tortoise-shell figure. I can see no 

 reason why it should not still be in existence. 



The weirs seem suitable for retaining fish, turtle, and 

 other denizens of the sea. 



I have ceased to hope that the Hogar relic will be found. 



If Prof. Haddon will follow out the cross bearings of 

 Coo-ber-re and Oo-ber-re he will find that they meet far in 

 the interior of New Guinea, and in the neighbourhood of 

 the Fly River. I always carried a compass and know the 

 bearings indicated to me at An-nua-par-ter and Mar-wot-ter 

 are closely recorded. 



I mentioned a trestle bridge at Kewi, not a suspension 

 bridge ; it has doubtless been renewed several times since 



An examination of the tortoise-shell figure will show 

 whether the groin shield is shell or bamboo. Members will 

 see the groin-shield's ancestor in the reproduction of an old 

 copper plate showing two huntsmen with falcons, 1 and 

 doubtless in many other old pictures. The cut of the 

 trousers is quite plain, and would be rather startling in 

 Bond Street to-day. Mariano de Oastro is shown in Sydney 

 wen ring a similar pair of trousers. 



The Dow-dai sentence that displeases Prof. Haddon arises 

 from my inability, in 1876, to ascertain the situation of 

 Dowdai. Mama is Peruvian for mother, see Prescott. 



1 Scientific American Supplement, March 12, 1910. 



