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In connection with the peculiar customs regulating the relations of 
the sexes amongst certain tribes two very interesting papers by the Eev. 
Lorimer Pison will he found recorded — The Nair Tohjandry and the Dieri 
Tirauru,^ and Group Marriage and Helationship} Another very interesting 
matter that requires strict investigation is the question of sexual communism 
amongst our Aborigines. Mr. S. E. Peal seems to think that traces of the 
“Morong,” or Communal Barracks, or, at any rate, customs analogous to it, 
did exist. His essays, whieh are well worth consulting will be found under 
the titles of — On the “ 3Io7'ong” as possibly a relic of T re-marriage Com- 
munism^ and The Communal Barracks of Primitive Paces} 
Our Philologieal knowledge of the Australian Aborigine has lately 
been augmented by Dr. John Eraser, who has edited a most important work 
dealing with the language of the Awabakal, the Narrinyeri, the Minyug, and 
other writings of the Bevs. L. E. Threlkeld, II. Livingstone, G. Taplin, 
Arehdeacon Gunther, and others.'^ 
Again, for the first time, we are presented with a concise account of 
the Aborigines of N. S. Wales in Dr. Eraser’s pamphlet prepared for distri- 
bution at the recent M^orld’s Columbian Exposition, Chieago.® 
1 Proc. Austr. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1892 [1893], IV, p. 717. ^ Ibid., p. 688. ’ Journ. Anthrop. Inst. 
Gt. Brit, and Ireland, 1893, XXII, No. 3, p. 244. * Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1892, LXI, Pt. 2, No. 3, p. 
246. ® An Australian Language as spoken by the Awabakal, the People of Awaba or Lake Macquarie, &c. 
(8vo., Sydney, 1892). “ The Aborigines of New South Wales, pp. 102. (8vo., Sydney, 1892. By Authority). 
