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Portarlington. Dated 26th June, 1911 - Has been reading 'Totemism and Exogamy' and discusses the Tamil system of naming extended family members and takes issue with his statement that this classification is less logical than the Seneca-Iroquois system, as pointed out by Lorimer Fison; more briefly mentions the relationship names of Nyang-speaking tribes, and the fact that the Ossetes are Aryan speaking people, and the natives of Rotuma speak not Polynesian but Melanesian.

Portarlington. Dated 11th July and 3 August, 1911 - Sends some further observations arising from his study of Frazer's 'Totemism and Exogamy' and thanks him for encouraging him to publish his notes; asks if he may indicate that Frazer has encouraged him to do so; in the letter of 3 August, he sends the text he is proposing to send to 'Man'.

Portarlington. Dated 31st August, 1911 - Has not received a response from his letter of 11 July and wonders if he has received it; the article on the Kafirs in the Hindu Kush by Sir G. C. [G. S.] Robertson is in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, and is concerned with clan marriage and the rule of descent.