Note 181 — Chapter XII · ART AND INFORMATION

Wood, Nat. Hist. of Man, i. p. 266 (Bushmen); Cranz, Historie von Grönland, i. p. 279. As to the Australians the statements are somewhat contradictory. Mr. Curr (The Australian Race, i. p. 93) says that “some tribes express a few things by signs made with their hands; but, on the whole, the Australian is very little given to gesticulation.” This statement, however, has been expressly encountered by Mr. Stirling, who describes a very extensive system of signs. Rep. Horn Exped. iv. Anthropology, pp. 111-125. Cf. also Spencer and Gillen, Native Tribes, p. 500.