Ch. Wilkes, ii. 204. Obedience to elders. _Idem_, i. 222. Regulated fights. Wilson, 144. Reverence towards old men. Bennett, pp. 177-178. Chiefs chosen for personal qualities. Turnbull, p. 91. Ordeals as punishment for crime, p. 101. Respect for and authority of old men and magicians. Barrington, 81. Pacific settlement of differences. Henderson, pp. 107, 158. No chiefs: only "doctors" wield some authority; p. 160, Duel as redress of injuries. Macgillivray, i. 151. Power and authority of old and experienced men; p. 152, Important instances of justice. _Idem_, ii. p. 27. Authority wielded by some important and privileged men. G. W. Earl, p. 275. Alleged powerful chiefs (unreliable). Campbell, 171. Instances of important and influential men. B. Field, 67. Description of two regulated fights. Krichauff, p. 77. Old men and doctors in council: they carry out the resolutions arrived at, or see that these are carried out; p. 78, Laws, which the warriors or old men uphold. Penalties: reprimand, exit, and ordeal. Sutton, p. 18. Hereditary "kingship." Wilhelmi, p. 183. No chiefs. Respect for old men and their magical powers. D. Mathews, p. 49. Council of old men. S. Newland. _Proc. R.G.S.S.A._, iii. p. 40 _sqq._ Examples of important and powerful men. Mrs. Bates, p. 52. Regulation of offences by ordeals. All these references bear indiscriminately on one or the other of the important features of government and of legal or other norms discussed in the text.