Some native tribes on the Victoria river, in the Northern Territory of South Australia are segregated into two intermarrying groups, with the following subdivisions: If we compare Tables I, II, III and IV with the table of eight sections reported by me in a former article to this Society,' it will be observed that the four tables are constructed on the same system, and all contain the same order of succession. In other words, all the tribes dealt with have substantially the same organization, although there are dialectic variations, more or less, in the names of the sections. In the Tables I, II and III, I have omitted the feminine form of the name of each section, which, it is thought, will enable the reader more readily to follow the rules of marriage and descent. The divisional system, or social organization, reported in this article, extends from the Upper Finke river to the embouchure of the McArthur, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a distance of about six hundred and fifty miles. I am informed by some of my correspondents that the same system, but with different divisional names, reaches westwardly from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Daly and Victoria rivers, and onwards into West Australia. The southern portion of the Arrinda and adjoining tribes occupy the Middle Finke and Charlotte waters, reaching as far south as the Macumba river. Among them there are only four sections employed to regulate the intersexual relations, as shown in the following table. These sections comprise four of those enumerated in Table I: 1 PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SUC., xxxvii, 152. It will be seen that the community is segregated into two intermarrying groups, and that the children take the name of the complementary section in the division to which their mother belongs. In the southern portion of South Australia there are a number of tribes who possess the two primary groups only, like A and B in the foregoing tables, without any subdivisions into sections. As an example of this system, it may be mentioned that in some districts these two divisions, or groups, are called Matturri and Karraroo;1 in others they are Krokee and Kumite; in other parts they are called Kookoojiba and Koocheebinga, and, again in others, they are known as Koolpirry and Thinewah. In each case the men belonging to one primary division marry the women of the other, and the children take the name of their mother's division. As I am now engaged in the preparation of a comprehensive article. dealing with this type of organization, I shall not enter farther upon it at present. ON AN INTERESTING FRAGMENT OF THE "BOOK OF THE DEAD." BY RUDOLPH BUTI, PH.D. (Read May 5, 1899.) In the Egyptian collection of the Woman's College of Baltimore there is an Egyptian hieratic papyrus which, when handed to me for translation, I found to be an interesting fragment of the "Book of the Dead." The fragment written on papyrus is a foot and an inch in length and seven inches in width. It contains a part of the 149th chapter, which is divided into fourteen paragraphs. The papyrus is also divided into vertical columns of three inches, separated by a double line of nearly one1 Journ. Roy. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxxii, 69. eighth of an inch. The top of each column is occupied for two and one-half inches by colored vignettes, relating to the subject of the paragraph. The 149th chapter, to which the fragment belongs, is one of the highly mystical chapters, and, with the 148th, was to be recited on the festivals of the first, sixth and fifteenth days of the month, in order to let the deceased pass the mystical regions of Akar (a kind of Purgatory?) and to allow the soul to come out of them. The entire 149th chapter contained fourteen parts or "abodes " of the Hades. In this papyrus we have the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and a portion of the fourteenth or last: but even the first three are not complete. Almost all the vignettes have demons with swords in their hands. The first vignette (eleventh abode) contains a zigzag path, which is not a staircase as it appears for want of perspective, and two demons. One of them is female and lion-headed, with two swords; the other is male, a Cynocephalus God, also with two swords. The following vignette (twelfth abode) contains a hippopotamus demon with axe-blade containing four swords. The thirteenth abode contains the goddess Thaur or Thoueris, a concubine of Typho, the evil genius Sepu, with the features of hippopotamus and holding a scarabæus. In the papyrus of Turin there is also a bareheaded god with bow and arrows; in its place are three horse-shoe-shaped abodes. The last vignette is very much mutilated, but, with the help of the other rituals, we can reconstruct it. We have a crocodile, a hawk and an antropo-sphinx anubis, a Shes or tie God adoring, hawk again, befaced demon with swords, nit and horns. According to the very regular writing of hieratic text, the colors of vignettes and the differences from other texts, we can say that this fragment belongs to the twenty-first dynasty, like one of those extracts made for religious purposes, preserved in the temples in order to be recited on the festivals of Uka or Thoth, the birthday of Osiris, the manifestations of Khem and the night of the hakr. The first line of each column, containing the title of the paragraph, is written in red ink, all the others in black. Although there are seventy-eight fragments of the "Book of the Dead" (of which twenty-five only in England and seventeen in Paris), the Baltimore fragment is one of the few in America, and it is interesting on account of its fine handwriting and its completeness in the titles of different columns or paragraphs. Besides that, in our fragment there are some variants worthy of note. In the beginning of the eleventh abode we find a mention of "Osiris, Lord of Tattou" (Ausar neb Tattu . . ), which is never seen in the other texts. All the phrases which in the Naville complete edition are erased are here clearly legible; even in the beginning of the twelfth abode, when in this fragment is written, "Osiris who opens the doors of heaven" (Ausar un ãà pet...); in all other fragments this phrase is always wanting. Equally, in the beginning of the last or fourteenth abode, the phrase, "Ammon in Thebes" (men em Aptet), is not to be found in any other edition. CALENDAR OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL GEORGE WEEDON, U. S. A., IN THE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. (Read May 5, 1899.) LETTERS TO GENERAL WEEDON. BLAIR, ARCHIBALD : 1780.- September 6. In Council.-Proposition from Col. Robert Lawson to raise a body of volunteers to march to the southward, accepted. Detailed enumeration of conditions under which they shall serve. (Copy) No. 40. 1781.-April 4. In Council.-Extract from the minutes. Rule of exchange of prisoners to be adhered to as far as possible, calling for such citizens first as have been longest in captivity. If enemy think proper to liberate absolutely any number of captive citizens, an equal number of theirs shall be liberated. No. 75. PROC. AMER. PHILOS. Soc. XXXVIII. 159. F. PRINTED JULY 18, 1899. BLAND, THEODORICK: 1783.-March 25. Philadelphia.-Rejoicing over the declaration of peace. Our debt of gratitude to France. P. S.-Commutation of five years' whole pay in lieu of half pay, allowed by Congress to officers of the army. No. 145. DAVIS, WILLIAM : 1781. June 25. War Office.-Wishes to know if arms sent arrived at Fredericksburg. Desires his assistance in getting boats for the Marquis, and also in meeting his demand for 600 arms. Dimensions and cost of boats. Congratulates him on the capture of Augusta with 160 British, 200 Tories and about 200 negroes, six pieces of cannon and various stores. On the 8th inst., Gen. Greene's approaches were within 50 yards of the enemy's works at Ninety-six. Offer of capitulation rejected. Reinforcements from Augusta hourly expected to join Gen. Greene. Enemy's only posts, Charlestown, Savannah and Monk's Corner. Georgetown evacuated. Will be in Charlottesville before he can receive an answer. No. 137. DESBIGUES: 1781.-June 6. Falmouth (in French).—Asking for a permit to cross the river. Intends to debark at Leedstown for Cadiz to command the volunteers. ELWELL, JESSE : 1781.-June 13. No. 109. Prince William.-Received orders from Gen. Nelson to send to camp every man of the militia who can be furnished with a rifle, and all horses except those employed in agriculture. Desires advice as to the carrying out of these orders. No. 121. GRAHAM, RICHARD: 1781.-June 14. Dumfries.-Concerning the making of swords or sword hilts. Mr. Caves' offer to make 50 hilts if paid for them in tobacco. Desires his opinion on the intended movements of Cornwallis. No. 122. GRAYSON, WILLIAM (Col.): 1780.-October 23. Philadelphia.-Encloses newspapers. Letter from Mr. Richard Harrison, at Cadiz, mentions destruction of |