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St Keyne's, Cambridge. Dated 11 March 1909 - Is glad to hear that Oxford is planning an anthropological expedition to Western Australia, raised £200 from Sir John Murray for such a plan, suggests that Marett invite the University of Liverpool and J. M. Mackay in particular to fund this and future expeditions; thinks the leader should be [Baldwin] Spencer joined by [Francis] Gillen.

St Keyne's, Cambridge. Dated 13 November 1909 - Discusses the terminology of totemism, and encloses proofsheets to answer some of his questions more fully [not transcribed]; would rather that the Western Australian expedition is done by Spencer and Gillen, and thinks it a mistake to get Spencer to go without Gillen; if Spencer cannot go, then he is willing to give Sir John Murray's £200 to an expedition of [Radcliffe] Brown and [Francis Howe Seymour?] Knowles.

Challenger Lodge, Wardie, Edinburgh. Dated 21 March, 1908 - Thanks him for the books and photograph, and encloses a cheque for the suggested [John Roscoe] expedition.

Challenger Lodge, Wardie, Edinburgh. Dated 22 April, 1918 - Instructs him to keep the [John Roscoe expedition money] until the terms on which it was given can be satisfied; is going to Russia in May; glad to hear they are settled in Liverpool; his portraitist Reid was asking about them both.

6 Oxford Terrace, Edinburgh. Dated 21st Oct. 1909 - Thanks him for the copy of the memoir of Fison and Howitt [published in 'Folk-Lore'] and for the new edition of the 'Passages of the Bible'; describes a long holiday, some of which was spent on [Sir John?] Murray's yacht, and mountain climbing.

6 Oxford Terrace, Edinburgh. Dated 12th Dec. 1913 - Thanks him for the book ['Balder the Beautiful'?]; is spending the weekend with Laurence Pullar; asks if he saw anything of Anatole France at the dinner they attended; has seen [Sir John?] Murray, who is in good spirits and who is sharing Margaret's happiness; is much recovered from his illness.