Aldridge to Howitt 30 September 1883
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you want from them. I can talk
their language & have been able to do so
for the last 23 years but the last few
years I have been away a great deal from
home and find it very difficult offhand
to supply the information you ask
for. I was in Melbourne for a fortnight
about 6 weeks ago, if I had of know
of this letter of yours I should have "gone
to call?" and called upon you. There is a
possibility of my being in Melbourne in
about "2 or 4?" weeks time if so I will call
& may probably give you some useful
information, having had a thorough
knowledge of the [.......] in their wild state.
I have many times [.....] my life to
be present at some of their ceremonies
My knowledge of their language - which
they knew of - was I believe the only thing
that saved me. In a few words I would
be warned who to be on the look out for
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