[21] _Trans. R.S.V._, pp. 103 _sqq._; _J.A.I._, xii, p. 35; J.A.I, xiii, p. 282. And especially _Nat. Tr._, chap. vi. pp. 295-354. The elucidation of the problem of authority and justice in Australia is one of Howitt's chief merits. In the passages quoted, there will be found ample material to exemplify all that is said in the text. I shall give, however, a few more detailed references on some special points. Howitt does not classify the facts according to the principle just enunciated. But all he says fits perfectly well into our scheme, and he puts stress on some essential points; viz. that there is a tribal as well as a supernatural punishment; that there is a central authority, and that it had means to enforce and execute its decrees. Curr (_A.R._, vol. i. pp. 53 _sqq._) emphatically denies the existence of any kind of government; but his polemic is due to the misunderstanding of the word _government_ as it should be applied to the Australian aboriginal society. For general discussion of this problem compare also G. C. Wheeler, pp. 46-52. Interesting details, corroborating Howitt's opinion may be found also in the following places: Spencer and Gillen, _Nat. Tr._, pp. 12 _sqq._, p. 324, p. 477, pp. 491 _sqq._ _Nor. Tr._, pp. 26 _sqq._ R. Dawson, pp. 64-65. Hodgson, p. 204. J. D. Lang, p. 331. G. S. Lang, pp. 9-10. Grey, ii. p. 222. Eyre, ii. pp. 214, 318, 385. Woods, p. 8. L. Schultze, p. 225. J. B. Gribble, p. 114. J. Mathew, p. 129. Compare also the following extracts, where I shortly indicate what is to be found--