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34 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. Dated May 22nd /03 - Thanks him for his kind letter about his paper on Malay religion, will be continuing with ghosts, familiar spirits, wandering spirits, ritual and magic; answers his question about the reverence paid to certain fishes by certain Pitani [Patani?] families; thinks there should be a proper investigation of the beliefs of the aboriginal tribes of the Malay Peninsula; unfortunately Vaughan Stevens's work is not reliable, wonders what information [Walter William] Skeat will add in his forthcoming book; his own title of 'research student in anthropology' is an empty one, as any graduate may use it.

34 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. Dated June 1st, 1904 - Is sorry he can't give him information regarding the fire-drill among the tribes of the Malay Peninsula; there is evidence that the specimens obtained by Vaughan Stevens were forgeries, and that he was often under the influence of morphia, making his observations unreliable; agrees that associating sex to different parts of the fire-drill suggests a primitive race, has noticed the sexuality of nature as conceived of by the Malays, and gives examples; sails for India to take a place at Calcutta, which he is afraid will hamper him from his real work, anthropology.