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III. | SOME ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ADELAIDE AND ENCOUNTER BAY TRIBES | 157—168 | |
IV. | VOCABULARY OF THE ADELAIDE AND ENCOUNTER BAY TRIBES | 169—182 | |
V. | MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ENCOUNTER BAY TRIBES | 183—206 | |
VI. | THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES OF PORT LINCOLN | 207—252 | |
VII. | MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE DIEYERIE TRIBE | 253—307 | |
Part. I. | The Tribe—Its Country—Neighbours—Good and Evil Qualities—Love of Bartering—Food—Dogs—Traditions of the Creation and of the Sun—Subdivision into Families | 257 | |
Part. II. | Councils—Treaty—Mode of Reception—Armed Party—Laws—Ceremonies—Hole in the Nose—Extraction of Teeth—Circumcision—To Procure Harvest—To Invoke Peace—Operation of the Koolpie—Funeral Rites—Death Spell—Making of Rain—Making Wild Fowl lay Eggs—Making Iguanas—Superstition about Iguanas and Trees—Remedy for Accidents—Expedition for Red Ochre—Diseases—Doctor—Cure for Disease or Wounds | 262 | |
Part. III. | Catalogue of Animals, &c.—Rats and their Congeners—Reptiles—Birds—Fish—Vegetables—Insects—Manufacturing Products—Weapons and Personal Ornaments | 285 | |
Part. IV. | The Dieyerie Dialect—Key to Pronunciation—Outline of the Construction of the Language—System of Notation—Astronomical Terms—List of Names distinguishing Age or Relationship—The Ten Commandments—Parts of the Human Frame—Vocabulary | 290 | |
VIII. | VOCABULARY OF THE WOOLNER DISTRICT DIALECT | 309—316 |