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xxxviii INTRODUCTION South-West Bay â€ù (journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. lviii, I928) from which I was able to gain clues to the explana- tion of several cryptic phrases in connection with the Nimzmgki society. For those who wish to make a more detailed comparison of Deacon’s work with that of his forerunners in this ï¬Åeld, a bibliography of Malekulan literature has been appended. In conclusion, I would like to acknowledge my indebtedness to those who have helped me in my task as editor. To Professor Radcliffe-Brown and Professor Raymond Firth I owe much in that they read several chapters in manuscript and gave rne helpful advice concerning them. I must also thank Miss Margaret Gardiner and Mr. W. E. Armstrong for their permission to make use of many of the letters which Deacon wrote to them from the ï¬Åeld, without which the chapters on Village Life and Magic could hardly have been written at all, and much other material would also have been lacking. To Professor Malinowski and to Mr. john Layard I am indebted for their kindness in discussing with me many problems and for their constant interest in my work. For the excellent photographs of Malekulan specimens with which this book is illustrated I have to thank Mr. T. A. G1 Strickland, who has expended much time and care on their preparation ; I would also like to thank Miss Aletta Lewis for her valuable work in making the great majority of line drawings which have been copied from rough sketches in Deacon's note- books. But above all, I am under an obligation to Dr. Haddon, who in the ï¬Årst place made me an anthropologist, who gave me these notes to edit, who has carefully supervised this book throughout the whole process of its compilation, and whose enthusiasm and encouragement have enabled me to complete a task which I was often sorely tempted to abandon in despair. CAMILLA H. Wenowoon. LONDON. Fabwuary, 1932.
