of Mr. Wilson, of Hayes Place, Kent, I have received from
Australia no less than thirteen sets of answers to my queries.
This has been particularly fortunate, as the Australian aborigines
rank amongst the most distinct of all the races of man.
It will be seen that the observations have been chiefly made
in the south, in the outlying parts of the colony of Victoria;
but some excellent answers have been received from the north.

Mr. Dyson Lacy has given me in detail some valuable observations,
made several hundred miles in the interior of Queensland.
To Mr. R. Brough Smyth, of Melbourne, I am much indebted
for observations made by himself, and for sending me several
of the following letters, namely:--From the Rev. Mr. Hagenauer,
of Lake Wellington, a missionary in Gippsland, Victoria, who has
had much experience with the natives. From Mr. Samuel Wilson,
a landowner, residing at Langerenong, Wimmera, Victoria. From the
Rev. George Taplin, superintendent of the native
Industrial Settlement at Port Macleay. From Mr. Archibald G. Lang,
of Coranderik, Victoria, a teacher at a school where aborigines,
old and young, are collected from all parts of the colony.
From Mr. H. B. Lane, of Belfast, Victoria, a police magistrate
and warden, whose observations, as I am assured, are highly trustworthy.
From Mr. Templeton Bunnett, of Echuca, whose station is on the borders
of the colony of Victoria, and who has thus been able to observe
many aborigines who have had little intercourse with white men.
He compared his observations with those made by two other gentlemen
long resident in the neighbourhood. Also from Mr. J. Bulmer,
a missionary in a remote part of Gippsland, Victoria.

I am also indebted to the distinguished botanist, Dr. Ferdinand Muller,