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< p. 339, ll. 16-zo.-The passage quoted is on p. 171, op. cit, where I make no reference to sumpsump but to the root sumb, which I describe, not as being " a derivative of " supwe but as being “ related to " it; it is further the root sumb, not the word supwe, to which the quotation applies. No one has denied, or could deny, that the word sump, in various dialectical forms, means frequently to “ sit ", sitting, as opposed to squatting, especially on stone seats, being an attitude of great ceremonial importance, reserved only for old men (i.e. those of high rank), chiefs, or magicians (cf. p. 652, where each clan magician is called upon to sit upon‘the stone from which he is descended, “ he alone of all men having the right to do so "). Seats, like our thrones, are among the venerated objects referred to. Note I on this page, signed A. B. D., appears to indicate that the mis- statements referred to were made by Deacon. This cannot have been the case, since the article quoted was not published till after his death.—]'. L. ‘ M A ._i. _
