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on the other semi-circles, all cross-hatched, and alternating in each 

 series with V-shaped notches. There is no transverse central 

 band in this case. Poi't Essington Tableland.* 



(k) Double and treble line of ovals, ivith scalloped edges. — A. 

 highly and peculiarly ornate boomerang is figuredf by Lumholtz, 

 from Coomooboolaroo, Central Queensland. The weapon is cen- 

 trally divided by the usual transverse bar in the centre, and one 

 at either end cutting off the apices, which are not mucronate. 

 On the one half the surface are two lines of long ovals, and on 

 the other three, the ornament is therefore not bilaterally 

 symmetrical. It is a gently curved and non-returning weapon. 



(I) Single transverse chevron ornament. — A simple pattern of 

 this nature is figured^ by the Rev. G. Wood, in his work already 

 referred to. The single chevron, or V-shaped sculpture, is concave 

 inwards from both ends of the boomerang. 



(m) Multi-transverse chevron ornament. — This description of 

 ornamental carving, which, together with the herring-bone pattern, 

 is one of the earliest styles of weapon and utensil sculpture in the 

 world's history is figured§ by Dr. G. Bennett on a boomerang from 

 Shoalhaven, N. S. Wales. The herring-bone and chevron pattern 

 was the form of ornament that the old Celts decorated their clay 

 pots with. II 



(n) Simple concentric ornament. — Concentric lines parallel to 

 the outline of the boomerang are figuredll by Smyth. In this 

 particular instance there are three incised grooves, one within the 

 other, whilst the centre of the weapon is occupied by a longitu- 

 dinal bar, also three lines. As in the case of so many of Smyth's 

 figures, this is without a locality. 



* Macleay Mem. Vol. (Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales), 1893, p. 237, t. 32, f. 2. 



t Amongst Cannibals, 1890, p. 51, f. h. 



X Nat. Hist. Man. Vol. Australia, 1870, p. 50, f. 3 (lower series). 



§ Gatherings of a Naturalist, 1860, p. 291, f. 16. 



II A. Lang, " Custom and Myth," p. 281. 

 II Aborigines of Victoria, 1878, i. p. 285, f. 37. 



