J. Dumont D’Urville, _Voyage autour du monde et à la recherche de la Perouse_, i. (Paris, 1832) pp. 95, 194; Scott Nind, “Description of the Natives of King George’s Sound,” _Journal of the Royal Geographical Society_, i. (1832) p. 26; E. J. Eyre, _Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia_, ii. 357; A. Oldfield, “The Aborigines of Australia,” _Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London_, N.S., iii. (1865) pp. 283 _sq._; J. Dawson, _Australian Aborigines_, p. 15; _Annales de la Propagation de la Foi_, xvii. (1845) pp. 76 _sq._ Footnote 827: R. Brough Smyth, _The Aborigines of Victoria_, i. 396. Footnote 828: R. Taylor, _Te Ika A Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants_, 2nd Ed., p. 567. Other writers confirm the statement that the carrying of the fire-sticks is the special duty of the women. See W. Stanbridge, “On the Aborigines of Victoria,” _Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London_, N.S., i. (1861) p. 291; J. F. Mann, “Notes on the Aborigines of Australia,” _Proceedings of the Geographical Society of Australasia_, i. (1885) p. 29. Footnote 829: Melville, quoted by H. Ling Roth, _The Aborigines of Tasmania_ (London, 1890), p. 97. It has sometimes been affirmed that the Tasmanians did not know how to kindle fire; but the evidence collected by Mr. Ling Roth (_op. cit._, pp. xii. _sq._, 96 _sq._), proves that they were accustomed to light it both by the friction of wood and by striking flints together. Footnote 830: Mr. Dove, quoted by James Bonwick, _Daily Life and Origin of the Tasmanians_, p. 20. Footnote 831: Wilfred Powell, _Wanderings in a Wild Country_ (London, 1883), p. 196. Footnote 832: Captain J. Wilson, _Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean_ (London, 1799), p. 357. Footnote 833: J. G. Wood, _Natural History of Man_, ii. 522; J. G. Garson, “On the Inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego,” _Journal of the Anthropological Institute_, xv. (1886). p. 145; _Mission scientifique du Cap Horn_, 1882-1883, vii. (Paris, 1891) p. 345. Footnote 834: J. B. Ambrosetti, “Los Indios Caingua del alto Paraná (misiones),” _Boletino del Instituto Geografico Argentino_, xv. (1895) pp. 703 _sq._ Footnote 835: E. F. im Thurn, _Among the Indians of Guiana_, pp. 257 _sq._ Footnote 836: A. Widenmann, _Die Kilimandscharo-Bevölkerung_ (Gotha, 1899), pp. 68 _sq._ (_Petermann’s Mittheilungen: Ergänzungsheft_, No. 129). Footnote 837: Sir Harry H. Johnston, _British Central Africa_ (London, 1897), p. 438. Footnote 838: A. F. Mockler-Ferryman, _Up the Niger_ (London, 1892), p. 37. Footnote 839: Miss Mary H. Kingsley, _Travels in West Africa_, pp. 599 _sq._ Footnote 840: