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would have been about 5 ft. 9 in. At its side was lying a 

 broken tomahawk. Another body lay on its side, with legs 

 drawn up. Another la}' in a sitting posture, with the head 

 perfectly upright. Tlie heads lay in directions varying from 

 E. round 8. to W., and I particularly noticed that in every 

 skulk whether a young person or a weather-beaten old veteran 

 with the teeth worn down to stumps, that in every skull the 

 teeth were all intact and absolutely round. Alongside one of 

 the skeletons a broken piece of what was originally a magnifi- 

 cent specimen of a rubbing or pounding stone was found, a 

 piece of flat, I'ound, smooth bufl: sandstone, measuring 4i in. 

 by 8 in. 



It is believed that these natives were killed by Major 

 Mitchell's expeditionary force, which may or may not be true. 

 Perhaps small-pox. 



F ire-making by tJie Use of Sticks (" Wannup "). 



The method of making fire was a simple but most effective 

 one : for the pui-pose two pieces of dry pine or other wood were 

 obtained about IS inches long. On the bottom piece a slight 

 depi'ession was cut in the form of a cross, the cut following 

 the grain of the wood being deepest. The other stick was 

 brought to an edge along most of its length. It was then 

 placed in the cut across the breadth of the under stick, and 

 very rapidly pushed back and forth as though sawing, which 

 speedily produced charred dust, smoke, and then smouldering 

 dust in the longitudinal cut. which was covered with dry 

 l)ark or grass, and blown into a flame. Fire was made in 

 other districts similar to drilling. 



Barfe?' or E rcJio luje. 



The various districts of Victoria producing various materials 

 only found in its special district. It might be thought that 

 other districts would be unable to obtain their requirements, 

 but this was overcome by a system of exchange, as each tribe 

 was forced to keep within its own prescribed boundaries. 



For instance, the Boga tribe had no difficulty in obtaining 

 any quantity of reeds ("Jarruts"). used for making reed 



