Pr-ATE IX. 



Fio. 1. 'I'libe ear ornameut worn by ineu oii the Peuuetather and 

 Eiiibley Rivers, Giilf of Cai-pentaria. 



., 2. Decorative scars, or cheloids, on a man's back. 



Plate X. 



Fig. 1. Decorative scars, or cheloids, on man's chest and abdomen. 



„ 2. Feathering of the body for the Molonga performance of 

 the Boulia Oorroboree. 



Plate XI. 



Fig. 1. Most primitive forui of artificial break-wind. — Wellesley 

 Islands. 



,, 2. Sleeping platform. — Lower Normanby River. 



Plate XII. 



Fig. 1. Another form of primitive break-wind. — Wellesley Islands. 



,, 2. Completed hut. — Lower Tully Eiver. 



Plate XIII. 



Fig. 1. An early type of shelter 



„ 2. Composite huts. 



Plate XEV. 



Fig. 1. Grass-thatched hut. — Normauton. 



,, 2. Simple ridge-pole form of structure in skeleton 



Plate XV. 



Fig. 1. Skeleton of dome-frame hut. — North-west Districts. 



,, 2. Another and more advanced form <>f ridge-pole structure. 



Plate XVI. 



Fig. 1. Circular frame work of switches.- Northern Coast-line. 



„ 2. Simplest form of bark shelter. 



Plate XVII. 



Fig. L 'J'hc sapling-framed hut seen in Plate xv., fig. 1, covered 

 with bushes, iVc. — North-west Districts. 



,, 2. " Cabbage-tree " palm leaf hut. — Kennedy River. 



Plate XVIII. 



Fig. 1. Position assumed in sleep at Capes Bedford and Grafton. 



,, 2. Common position assumed in standing at ease. 



,, 3. Man climbing a straight tree with the aid of the climbing- 

 cane. 



Plate XIX. 



Fig. 1. Man squatting with the shins doubled underneath. 



„ 2. Man squatting on the buttocks. 



„ 3. Man squatting, a modification of Fig. I. 



„ i. Man sitting. 



