NORTH QUEENSLAND ETHNOGRAPHY — ROTH. 



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one time travelling all the way from Port Douglas to beyond 

 Cairns in this apparently uncomfortable and cramped position. 

 This variety of dug-out can be made from at least five kinds of 

 timber, and will range up to fifteen or sixtt^en feet in length. I 

 am doubtful as to the original local type of paddle*". 



17. I attach the native name.s of the different parts of these 

 dug-outs at the Batavia River (Nggerikudi language) and Cape 

 Bedford (Koko-yimidir language), together with the meaning of 

 the words where known. 



1^. I have purposely refrained from making any notice of the 

 Torres Strait Island sailing craft (dug-outs), which although 

 visiting the neighbourhood of Cape York, are of Papuan interest, 



^The Kungganji Blacks of Cape Grafton speak of the float as bunul, the 

 local term for mullet, indicative of its habit of skimming along the surface 

 of the water. 



