18 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



food to attract theui^". Tlieie whs apparently no conception of 

 relative values, an<l though not a regular practice, members of 

 the same tribe woukl interchange. 



2. At Princess Charlotte Bay, the Koko-rarinul of the Morehead 

 River give the Koko-warra (whose ' country' extends along the 

 course of the Normanby and Deighton Rivers) reed-speers, iron- 

 scraps, European tomahawks, etc., getting in return melo shell, 

 grass-reed-spears, nautilus-shell necklaces, stingaree spears and 

 fishing-nets. The Endeavour and Bloonifield River Blacks 

 travel up in the direction of the Lnura Hiver, and supply the 

 Koko-warra with red-ochre, white-cla}', grass-tree speais, etc., 

 which are paid for with the same articles as are supplied to the 

 Koko-rarmul. 



3. The Cape Bedford Blacks send out or export iron toma- 

 hawks, iron digging-sticks, nautilus-shell, different kinds of dilly- 

 bag, pearl-shell chest ornaments and nielo-shells. In return, 

 they obtain forehead-bands, kangaroo-tail sinew, kangaroo 

 bones (of a certain kind to be specially used for making bone 

 awls), quartz-tipped spears, bark troughs, and a rough kind 

 of fixed grind-stone. They travel in barter along the Northern 

 Coast-line as far as, very probably, the Flinders River. They 

 only come south to the North Shore (Endeavour River) encamp- 

 ment, opposite Cooktown, owing to their employment in the 

 township, but this is only of late years. Captain Cook' ^, it is 

 noteworthy, when speaking of the Endeavour River Natives, is 

 made to say : — " They had indeed no idea of traffic, nor could we 

 communicate with any of tliem — they received the things that 

 we gave them, but never appeared to understand our signs when 

 we required a return." 



4. For purposes of trade and barter it may be said that the 

 Cairns, and until recent years, the Cape Grafton Blacks travel 

 along the coast-line between Port Douglas and the Mulgrave 

 River ; tlie Barron River Natives wander up the coast as far as 

 Port Douglas and inland up to Ivuranda and Mareeba ; the 

 RusshII River boys 'walk about' to the Pyramid INlountain, the 

 Mulgrave and Johnstone Rivers, and ( 'aiiiis ; whilst the Johnstone 

 River Natives travel to between Clump Point and Liverpool 

 Creek. Dealing now solely with the Cape Grafton Blacks, it 



1° In the Boulia District, it wouM appear that the trading .season com- 

 menced witli tlic full maturity of tlie Pitiui plant, tlie local narootic (see 

 Koth— Ktiinol. Stii.lifs, etc.. "IS07, Sects. '224, 2'2!)-2.3-l), wliile at Brisbane 

 {T. Pe.lrif) it was wlien the liunya nuts were ripe. 



^* Hawkesworth'a Edition, London, 1773. 



