[2]The native equivalent for "Good morning."
[3]A book = written permission, any kind of document or writing.
[4]Both anise and star anise (Illicium anisatum) are to be found in the Territories, as also is a small plant which has all the properties (and more) of Pimpinella anisum. This was probably the plant.—Author.
[5]It is as curious a fact that amongst the majority of cannibal people there is no equivalent for "thank you."—E. W.
[6]A written promise.
[7]I came when I could.
[8]In most native countries "white man" is seldom employed save as a piece of insolence. It is equivalent to the practice of referring to the natives as niggers.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Minor changes have been made to correct typesetter's errors; in all other respects, every effort has been made to be true to the author's words and intent.