Howitt to Fison 21 November 1879

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has placed me in communication.
Mr Giles of the manager of Dr Browne's
stations in the Northern Territory
"is willing to give all the information
he can procure". I am still enquiring
as to any one living at Pt Essington
-The only way to crack the
Antgione nut is I to go
through the whole of the "ould ancient
authors" and see if they throw any
light - the nutcracker may be in
them. I could not do this - only
perhaps some one in Melbourne
might undertake it - I am wavering
in my mind between Dr Hearne,
Professor Irving or Mr Morris of the
Church of Eng. Grammar school. By and
Bye I shall present the nut to them
if you like or to one of them.

I have been much interested
by the collection of stones. I have as
yet not examined them thoroughly
but I presume that they are of two classes
one of which is igneous. Of two I have
prepared thin slices for the microscope.
One a dark grey vesicular rock
from Taubui (as I read it)