The vocabularies of the Rattlesnake are (1) Australian, (2) Papuan.
The former were for the parts about Cape York, _i. e._ the Northernmost
part of Australia, and also the part nearest the Papuan area. The
Kowrarega was the form of speech best illustrated.
The Papuan vocabularies were for the Louisiade Archipelago; wholly new
as _data_ for a very important and interesting area.
The following paper, connected with the remarks on the incorporation of
the possessive pronoun with certain substantives, though on an Asiatic
language may find place here.