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1913. 



same taste as the sea-water, and therefore said '* higana," 

 which the recorder took down as the native word for '* salt." 

 In the existing lists, quite a immher of such natural mis- 

 apprehensions can be traced. (H.B.R.) 



21. Le-hta-la = Hohart Town, 



This is "li-pa-tal-a," or, in full, " lina-pMlla-tagala" ; that 

 is, " wal:er-biof-walk," meaning; " (the goal of) a long journey 

 by water," With the primitive boats of the Aborigiuals, it 

 would be a long journey from Oyster Bav to Hobart. 



22. iha-gen-na = Hohart Town. 



This is simply " tagana," z'.e , "a journey," 



23. Wag-ge-na -■=■ Hobart Town. 



This is "Pa(lla)-kan-a," meaning " the big talk," z.^., the 

 place where there is much noise, in contract to the bush. 

 "The big smoke" for "London" or any other large city, 

 would be an analogous expression. 



24. Lun-na = House. 



H.L.R. gives "lenna" for "house." As the shelters of 

 the Aboriginals consisted merely of some pieces of bark or 

 wood brought, to the spot, they were " movable" things, and 

 "lenna " would express this idea (v. No. 6). 



25. Me-a-nen-qua = Willyou live with me. 



This is *'mena-nina-Ica," i.e., "I-you-talk," meaning "we 

 keep c »mpany together." It is evident that if two people 

 intended to talk to each other, they must remain near each 

 other; e-pecially as the Aboriginal " talk" largely depended 

 on gestures. 



26. Me-ijalla-cas-an-a-rea = tat king. 



Tlie "s" is clearly out of place in a word consisting of 

 purely Tasmanian elements; it is therefoie probably an error. 

 If we read it as " n," we get " mialla-kan-ana-ria,^' which 

 would mean " varied motion (v. No 16)-voice-hand-fingers," 

 graphica.ly expressing " speech aided and illustrated by 

 gestures " 



27. My-yen-na = you. 



The (tommon Tasmanian word for "you" is " nina," /.e., 

 "that thing," "the other person." The explanation of the 

 word here given is suirgested by "jVly-he-na = Body" (v. 

 No. 31). The word is, in each of these cases, " ndeua," that 

 is, "a thing that is or can be bent." TF.L.K gives " miack " 

 for " corpse," that is, " mien-k," the thing that was capable 



