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Fig. 58. This large fish is carved on the same mass of sandstone 

 as Fig. I, but several yards farther south, and close to the old dray 

 track. It measures twenty feet five inches from the snout to the 

 farthest end of the tail, and thirteen feet from point to point of 

 the fins. Across the larger of the fins, which appears to be the 

 dorsal, is an incised line, such as is frequently met with on the 

 bodies of different animals drawn by the aborigines. The two eyes 

 are shown on the same side of the head, a mode of representing 

 the eyes often observed in native pictures. The greatest width of 

 the body, independently of the fins, is eight feet.^ 



Fig. 59. This representation of an eel is three feet four inches 

 long, and five inches across the widest part of the body ; from 

 point to point of the fins measures seven inches. There are four 

 bands or lines across the body. It is carved on the same flat rock 

 as Figs. 56 and 57. For other carvings of eels, see Figs. 7, 8 and 

 9 of this plate. 



Fig. 60. It is difficult to arrive at a definite conclusion as to 

 what these figures are intended to represent. One is ten feet long, 

 the other twelve, and they each have an average width of three 

 inches. They occupy a position on the rock very close to Fig. 14, 

 the end of them almost touching the right foot of the latter. Per- 

 haps they represent spears or yamsticks ; or were possibly intended 

 for large snakes. 



Fig. 61. This interesting carving is on a flat rock of Hawkes- 

 bury sandstone with Portion No. 796 of 9 ac. 2 r. 3 p.. Parish of 

 Manly Cove. It represents a man six feet high, with a belt round 

 the waist and bands round the arms near the shoulder, similar to 

 those seen in Fig. i. Within the outline of the body is a very 

 good representation of a human foot, twelve inches long, four 

 inches across the toes, and three inches across the heel.^ About 

 three feet behind the heel of the last-mentioned figure is another 

 human foot, not so perfect as the first, twelve inches long and hav- 

 ing only four toes. Eleven inches farther away in the same direc- 



^ For a monstrous carving of a shark, nearly thirty-nine feet long, see my paper 

 on "The Rock Paintings and Carvings of the Aborigines of N. S. Wales," pub- 

 lished in Rep. Ansty-alas. Assoc. Adv. Sci., vi, pp. 624-637, PI. 99, Fig. 30. 



2 Human footmarks carved on rocks are represented in Fig. 8, PI. 9, illustrat- 

 ing my paper on "Aboriginal Rock Paintings and Carvings in New South 

 Wales," published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria^ Vol. vii 

 (N. S.), pp. 143-156. 



