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ABSTRACT I OBSERVED in NATURE, vol. xxiii. p. 584, a critique from the pen of Mr. D. McLennan upon “Kamilaroi and Kurnai,” the joint work of Mr. Fison and myself. On peru-ing it I wrote a reply to statements it contained, but owing to various causes I laid it for a time aside. Indeed I did not feel in any hurry to reply to criticisms which really did not touch my arguments. As, however, I observe that attacks are still being made elsewhere upon the conclusions at which Mr. Fison and I have arrived, and that substantially the same arguments are still being made use of which were used by Mr. McLennan, it has seemed to me that the time has arrived to meet these objections at any rate in a general manner. It is not possible in the space which I may hope that you will give me in your valuable pages, to enter upon details which would be absolutely necessary to render clear to my critics certain points which they have evidently misunderstood, perhaps from want of clearness on my part, possibly also from want of knowledge by themselves of the subject as it exists in the Australian field. I therefore now confine myself to some prominent points. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Sale A. W. HOWITT Authors * A. W. HOWITT View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE HOWITT, A. The Australian Aborigines. _Nature_ 26, 452–453 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026452b0 Download citation * Issue Date: 07 September 1882 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/026452b0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

ABSTRACT I OBSERVED in NATURE, vol. xxiii. p. 584, a critique from the pen of Mr. D. McLennan upon “Kamilaroi and Kurnai,” the joint work of Mr. Fison and myself. On peru-ing it I wrote a


reply to statements it contained, but owing to various causes I laid it for a time aside. Indeed I did not feel in any hurry to reply to criticisms which really did not touch my arguments.


As, however, I observe that attacks are still being made elsewhere upon the conclusions at which Mr. Fison and I have arrived, and that substantially the same arguments are still being made


use of which were used by Mr. McLennan, it has seemed to me that the time has arrived to meet these objections at any rate in a general manner. It is not possible in the space which I may


hope that you will give me in your valuable pages, to enter upon details which would be absolutely necessary to render clear to my critics certain points which they have evidently


misunderstood, perhaps from want of clearness on my part, possibly also from want of knowledge by themselves of the subject as it exists in the Australian field. I therefore now confine


myself to some prominent points. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your


institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access


to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our


FAQs * Contact customer support AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Sale A. W. HOWITT Authors * A. W. HOWITT View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed 


Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE HOWITT, A. The Australian Aborigines. _Nature_ 26, 452–453 (1882).


https://doi.org/10.1038/026452b0 Download citation * Issue Date: 07 September 1882 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/026452b0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be


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