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a foot, as might be supposed at first sight. Compare with repre- 

 sentations of feet in Fig. 6i. 



Figs. 44 to 47. On the same rock as Fig. 26 are representations 

 offish of different sizes, ranging in length from two feet two inches 

 to six feet. Six inches from the mouth of Fig. 45 are two lines 

 crossing each other, one being ten inches long, the other five. 



Fig. 48. This figure of a man five feet nine inches high appears 

 on the same rock as Fig. 61 and is close to it. The eyes, mouth, 

 and the proper number of fingers are delineated, as well as a belt 

 round the waist. A small oval figure, similar to those seen in Fig. 

 27, appears close to the belt on the right-hand side. 



Fig. 49. This appears to me to be part of a shield, which was 

 left when half finished. It is two feet five inches long and ten 

 inches wide. It is on the same rock as Fig. 47 and is close to it. 



Fig. 50. This interesting drawing of a fish four feet six inches 

 long appears on the same flat rock as Fig. 15. There are two dots 

 for the eyes, on the same side of the head, a peculiarity of native 

 drawing frequently seen in representations of fish. 



Fig. 51 is on the same rock as the preceding, and is a very good 

 drawing of a fish four feet five inches long. 



Fig. 52 represents a shield three feet six inches long and one 

 foot eight inches wide, and is on the same rock as the last two 

 figures. Attention is drawn to the unusual point at the end. 



Fig- 53- This figure represents a shield four feet three inches in 

 length and one foot nine inches in breadth, with a longitudinal and 

 a transverse subdivision. This carving is on the same series of flat 

 rocks as Figs. 7 to 13 and is not far from them. 



Fig. 54. This drawing, which is on the same rock as Fig. 26, 

 may have been intended to represent a fish, or perhaps the skin of 

 some animal. 



Fig. 55 is on the same rock as Fig. 26, and represents a human 

 figure five feet one inch high, the sex of which is uncertain. Five 

 fingers are shown on each hand. 



Figs. 56 and 57. Fig. 56, which is eighteen inches long, is appar- 

 ently intended to represent the native tomahawk, with handle 

 attached. Fig. 57, which is one foot nine inches long, may be 

 either a nulla nulla or a tomahawk. These figures are carved on a 

 mass of Hawkesburg sandstone more than an acre in extent, about 

 five chains from the eastern side of the old road from Peat's Ferry 

 to Sydney, and about a mile northerly from the rock containing 

 Fig. I. 



