Rev. Lorimer Fison, 1883-01-13

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Sending a water colour sketch of a 'Stone Enclosure'. Continuing enquiries into the secret Nanga ceremony, the initiation of young men into the tribe.

Link with the Greek 'Mysteries'. The shallowness of civilisation.

References to Codrington and Howitt.

Discovery of a spear with a human thumb-nail attached, and its meaning.

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