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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