[51] Ibid., p. 29.

[52] Ibid., p. 34.

[53] Loc. cit., p. 31.

[54] Howitt, Nat. Tr., p. 241. Also Trans. R.S.V., p. 116.

[55] Loc. cit., p. 288. (Mount Gambier tribes.)

[56] Brough Smyth, ii. p. 156, on the authority of some first-hand observer. Brough Smyth gives also (i. pp. 83, 84) a detailed account of courtship and betrothal. But according to our criterion we do not accept it as a first-hand evidence; nevertheless, it may be useful as illustration.

[57] Eyre, ii. p. 319.

[58] F. Bonney, J.A.I., xiii. p. 129.

[59] S. Newland, loc. cit., p. 21.

[60] H. E. A. Meyer, quoted by Rev. Taplin, loc. cit., p. 10.