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Typed copy. Chatby Camp, Alexandria. Visited J D Ramsay in Hospital, plans leave in Cairo, Alexandria "a pretty foul town, very cosmopolitan and not very Eastern".

Hopes he can win Gloucester for the Liberal Unionists, thinks they will amass 45 seats, thinks he is quite safe at Bury

Bishop's Lodge, Townsville, Queensland - Apologises that he has not written up his notes on his observation of the 'Australian Aborigines'; sees his mission to help them to bridge the huge gap in cultures; 'Whatever failures I have had, I must confess they have come from the whites rather than from the blacks.' Discusses their plight, and disagrees with the idea that they are less intelligent or physically backward; they find it difficult to understand the modern concept of individuality as the tribe is the norm of their social life; there is also a belief that copulation is not the cause of conception; has heard from Rev. [G. W.] Morrison that monogamy is the custom except in the case of sisters, and tells of a case in which a man married four sisters. Is 'often angry' with those who arrive with preconceived ideas of intellectual capacity; a German professor named Klatch arrived and verified his preconceptions, making him a laughing stock of more experienced men. Accompanied by a partial draft of 'Beliefs and Customs of the Australian Aborigines' in Frazer's hand, corrected in Frodsham's hand and signed at the bottom, and a photograph of a mummy found near Cairns.

24 Ladbroke Gardens, Notting Hill, W. Dated 12 July, 1904 - Thanks him for the trouble he has taken on the Attic Tribes but has decided to omit the whole section [of his book 'Native Tribes of South East Australia'], and will write to [Lorimer] Fison to explain his reasons; has written a paragraph defending the 'All Father business' in view of [Baldwin] Spencer's objections; went to see Mr [William Napier?] Shaw [at the Meteorological Office?] but he was away and he found nothing of use, at the British Museum he found the Queensland Rain Map which he sends Frazer.

Carlton Towers, Selby (on headed notepaper with monogram and coronet). - Condolences on the death of Lady Houghton.

Has spent the £5 given to him by JSM on the complete works of Plato, on the Histories of Herodotus and on a lexicon of Herodotus, Thomas Thorp staying at Gloucester to examine two men for Deacon's orders, going up to Trinity College in October, to sit the Newcastle Scholarship

Englemere, Ascot, Berks.

Magdalen College - glad they are due to meet at Rugby, constitution of the examination paper

WW is sorry but not surprised that there is to be an election for the Chancellorship between Prince Albert and Lord Powis [see WW to JCH, 17 Feb. 1847]. 'Goulburn [Henry Goulburn] is one of the Peelites; and the manner in which they deceived and disappointed those whom they had led to depend upon them cannot fail to excite a strong feeling of indignation. And laying aside all strong feelings, I do not see how Peel and his followers can ever again be of service preserving the institutions of the country'. WW does not see 'how Goulburn can be supported by those who have hitherto supported him; since his course, as a Peelite, must be hereafter different from what it has hitherto been. I should have great difficulty in voting for him on this ground'. Further, if 'Goulburn is thrown out, it will not be an anti-Romish cry; for he has, in his letter to the electors, declared himself against the 'endowment of the Roman Catholic Clergy in England or Ireland''. However, 'I am not much conciliated by Goulburn's anti-Romish declaration, because I think it would go for nothing in the conduct of his associates; and I think, too, that it is only made for the sake of getting a few votes, and means nothing as to his own convictions'.

Assessment of political situation on RAB's return from Africa by Paul Channon

Headed notepaper, Hamlet House, Hammersmith.

Account of a visit to Liverpool, "wild boy" of Cholmondely