8 lilrliavd J. A. Bki'vi/ : 



rosy cheekt^, larp:© black eyes, the Avhites of which are tinjxed 

 with blue, and long well-formed eye-lashes, with the teeth un- 

 commonly white, and the limbs admirably formed." 



Whatever opinion may be formed as to the g-ood looks of the 

 subject of the present paper there can be nn two opinions as to 

 her intelligence. In conversing with her, the two facts which 

 impressed me most strongly were her remarkable in- 

 telligence and the absolute purity «if her English 

 speech, and had I nnt actually heard her, I euuld not 

 have believed that such intelligence could have been derived in 

 one generation from a race, often, but, perhaps, quite errnne- 

 ously, believed to have been one of the most degraded and Ijrutal 

 in the world's race>-. That this opinion is in no way ex;!j^<.'erated 

 is shown by Hallack (4), who says : — 



" Mrs. William S. is . . . . of a bright and happy dis- 

 position, a most entertaining conversationalist, and, witlial. e.'t- 

 tremely apt at repartee." 



The records of the deaths of the la-t pure-hrcd Tasmriniiins 

 are as follows : — 



"The last Tasmtwiian man, William Lanney, Lainiy. "V Jeanne, 

 alias King Billy, died on March 3rd, 1869, aged M. In January 

 of the previous year (1868), he had walked proudly with Prince 

 Alfred, Dvd^e of Edinburgh, on the Hobart Town Regatta gmund, 

 conscious that they alone were in possession of royal blood " (6). 



Whil>t Lanney was the bust surviving man of the race, he was 

 outlived by a \vom;m named "" Truganini, or Lalla Hoolvh .... 

 who died in May, 1876, and was supposed to be seventy-three 

 years old ' (6). With her, the native Tasmanian race became 

 finally extinct, and there now remain but a few half-castes, of 

 whom the subject of this paper forms (ine of tlie nldest, i!' not 

 actually the oldest, now living. 



We now pass to the purely controversial side of the question, 

 and though there are many debatable points in connection with 

 the lost Ta^nanian race, attention will only be directed tn three 

 of these problems. These three are, hnwcver, of the very 

 greatest importance, and are as follows : — 



1. Is the Tasmanian of remote or recent origin.' 



2. With what race is the Tasmanian most closely allied.' 



3. Ilow did the Tasmanian reach Tasmania ^ 



