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stencilled hands, the right and left being equally represented. 

 Four of these are the hands of children, and two show the hand 

 in the shut position, which is very unconnnon. All the figures 

 shown on this Fig. are drawn in red colour, excejDt the three 

 tracks of a bird above referred to. 



Plate VIII., Fig. 6. — This cave or rock shelter is 44 feet long, 

 23 feet deep inwards from the front, and varies fi'om 5 feet to 8 feet 

 high, owing to inequalities of the roof ; and faces S.oO° E. It is 

 about 8 chains westerly from the western boundaiy of Portion 

 No. 42, of 120 acres, in the Parish of ToUagong, County of 

 Hunter. It occupies the base of a mural precipice, having been 

 worn out by fluviatile action and atmospheric influences. The 

 roof is begrimed with the smoke of numerous fires, and the 

 shelter appears to have been used as a camping place by the 

 aborigines for many generations. 



The drawings in this cave are numerous, and of great interest, 

 but the Fig. shows only one of the groups. The first object on 

 the left of this Fig. appears to be intended for a native bear ; 

 then follow the figures of four iguanas, the largest of them being 

 3 feet 6 inches long ; and lastly three stencilled representations 

 of the left hand. All these drawings are in white. 



Another group of drawings in this cave comprises two black- 

 fellows and their gins, there being an interval of about 5 feet 

 between each couple. The male figures are considerably the 

 lai'ger in each instance. This group has been included in a paper 

 which I am preparing to read before the Ptoyal Society of New 

 South Wales, on an early date. 



Plate IX., Fig. 7. — This gigantic figure of a man is carved on 

 a flat rock of Hawkesbury sandstone on the top of a high range, 

 overlooking Cowan Creek, a tributary of the Hawkesbury River, 

 and is about a chain and three-quarters from Tabor Trigonomet- 

 rical Station. The height from the feet to the top of the head is 

 9 feet 8 inches, and the width across the body 3 feet 9 inches. 

 There is a forehead band in which some ornaments are stuck, or 

 they are attached to the ears. " In some tribes feathers of the 

 owl and the emu were fastened to the forehead and ears." — Anth. 

 Jour., XX., p. 85. In the right hand is a club, 2 feet 6 inches 

 long, Avith another, 2 feet long, lying close by ; in the left hand 

 is a shield, 3 feet 8 inches long, and 1 foot 8 inches across the 



