A more paced regulation of contact with strangers characterized various groups of Australian Aborigines (Peterson, 1975). Typically, messengers or visitors remained at the fringes of an encampment or community until an escort was sent out to receive them. In some instances the escort presented the visitor with a fire stick to symbolize a welcome, or there was a brief symbolic feinting and clash of shields and weapons to welcome the visitor. Thus, both visitors and occupants had a system to regulate interaction in advance of its occurrence, whereas the Lapps and Pygmies had to alter the pace of interaction following its initiation.