[541] For particulars see Sibree, Great Afric. Island ... Madagascar, 1880; M. Leclerc, “Les peuplades de Madagascar,” Rev. d’Ethnogr., vol. v., 1886, p. 397, and vol. vi., 1887, p. 1; Catat, Voyage à Madagascar, Paris, 1895, in quarto; Grandidier, “Les Hovas,” Rev. gén. des Sciences, No. for 1st June, 1895; A. Jolly, L’Anthropologie, 1894, p. 385; Besson, ibid., p. 674; “Le Madagascar,” Rev. gén. des Sciences, Paris, No. for 15th Aug., 1895, fig.; Last, Journ. Anthr. Inst., 1896, p. 47; Bouchereau, L’Anthr., 1897, p. 149; J. Carol, Chez les Hovas, Paris, 1898.
[542] The prefix Antan or Anta (in some dialects Ta) in Malagasy language means “people of,” and is found in the nomenclature of all the tribes and people of the island.
[543] See the measurements given in [Appendices I.] to [III.], according to Bouchereau, loc. cit., and my own unpublished observations made in conjunction with Dr. Collignon.
[544] For particulars see C. Pleyte, “De prähist. steenen wapenen ... Oost-Indish. Archipel.,” Bijdr. t. d. Taal-Land-en Volkenk. van Nederl. Ind., Batavia, 5th series, vol. ii., p. 586; Wilken, loc. cit., p. 83; Etheridge, “Has Man a Geological History in Australia?” Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1890, p. 259; B. Smyth, loc. cit., vol. i., p. 239, and vol. ii., p. 234; R. Chapmann, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., 1891, p. 479.
[545] See W. Thomson Smith, loc. cit.; Tautain, “Monuments des Marquises,” L’Anthropol., 1897, p. 4; F. Christian, “On Micronesian Weapons,” Journ. Anthr. Inst., N.S., 1899, vol. i., p. 288, pl. xx. and xxiv.
[546] Besides, the Maoris of New Zealand know nothing of pottery, notwithstanding their clay deposits, nor of weaving, notwithstanding the presence in their island of Formium and other textile plants.
[547] The division, based on physical characters, of tribes of the interior, composed of a strong people of high stature and regular features, and of tribes of the coast, formed of a little, ugly, and puny people, a division proposed by Topinard (Bull. Soc. Anthro., 1872), has not been confirmed by later investigations.
[548] “Report ... Horn Scientif. Exped. Centr. Austr.,” Part IV., Anthropology, by E. Stirling, London-Melbourne, 1896; Baldwin Spencer and F. Gillen, The Native Tribes of Central Australia, London, 1899, pl.; W. E. Roth, Ethnol. Stud.... N. W. Centr. Queensl. Aborig., Brisbane-London, 1897. For tribes of the east and south, see E. Curr, The Australian Race, Melbourne, 1886, 3 vols. with atlas; Lumholtz, Among Cannibals, London, 1890; and the works already quoted of Howitt, Fison, and B. Smyth. The measurements given in the Appendices are obtained from the works of Stirling and Gillen, Houzé (Bull. Soc. Anthr. Bruxelles, vol. iii., 1884–85); Cauvin, “Les Races de l’Océanie,” Arch. Miss. Scient., 3rd series, vol. iii., Paris, 1882; Topinard, loc. cit.; Turner, loc. cit., etc.
[549] These natives and mixed breeds are apportioned by colonies, thus:—Victoria, 565; New South Wales, 8,280; South Australia, 23,789; West Australia, 6,245; Queensland, 20,585 (of which 12,000 are pure aborigines).
[550] See L. Parker, Australian Legendary Tales, London and Melbourne, 1897, and More Australian Tales, ib., 1898; Spencer and Gillen, loc. cit.