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This tendency was noted by Westermarck, who also calls attention to the conclusions of Fison and Howitt (in Kamilaroi and Kurnai).
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Folkestone with Miss Somerville and Fison, until the funeral should be over and my mother's successor installed.
Tono Bungay 1906
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The first human being to set eyes upon a living _Haploteuthis_ -- the first human being to survive, that is, for there can be little doubt now that the wave of bathing fatalities and boating accidents that travelled along the coast of Cornwall and Devon in early May was due to this cause -- was a retired tea-dealer of the name of Fison, who was stopping at
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Fison; and a thousand in land speculation at Edmonton, on margin.
Northern Lights, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Fison, _Tales from Old Fiji_, p. 163: "A person who has defiled himself by touching a corpse is called _yambo_, and is not allowed to touch food with his hands for several days."
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897
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Fison; and a thousand in land speculation at Edmonton, on margin.
Northern Lights Gilbert Parker 1897
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Fison, _Tales from Old Fiji_ (London, 1904), pp. 166 _sq.
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897
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Fison; and a thousand in land speculation at Edmonton, on margin.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Fison; and a thousand in land speculation at Edmonton, on margin.
Northern Lights, Volume 5. Gilbert Parker 1897
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Howells, W.D. Howitt, A.W.: (see also Fison and Howitt).
Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890
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