84 NOTES ON THE HUNTINCi STICKS, ETf. 



to be thrown at the enemy. Without doubt the perenna 

 was well adapted for such a rvise, but it seems unlikely that 

 it was habitually carried in this way, as this would greatly 

 hinder the march through the bush. 



III. THE TUGHBRANA (BASKETS). 



Milligan gives the following words for basket : — 



(1) Tughbranah (tribes from Oyster Bay to Pittwater). 



(2) Ti'cnah (^tribes about Mount Royal, Bruni Island, 

 Recherche Bay, and the South of Tasmania). 



(3) Tille (North-West and Western Tribes). 



And a? usual the Norman vocabulary (22) gives four 

 words, all different, viz. : — 



(4) Tringherar. 



(5) Poakalar. 



(6) Meerar. 



(7) Parnellar. 



And as, if this list was not formidable enough, Calder 

 mentions two more names, viz. : — 



(8) Terri (D'Entrecasteaux;. 



(9) Tareena (Roberts). 



Finally, Milligan, in the list of short sentences, trans- 

 lates the words : "The woman makes a basket " with "lowan- 

 na ollc tubbrana,' in which the last word stands for basket. 

 Though "tughbranah" and "tubbrana" are apparently iden- 

 tical, as well as "trenah" and "tareena," to which might be 

 added the word "terri," thei'e remain seven different words 

 to designate a basket. Even if one were to go as far as to 

 assume that all the words beginning with a "t" wei"e identi- 

 cal, and represented only different spellings or local dia- 

 lects, there still remain four entirely different words. 

 • 



It is impossible to say whether these words represent 

 different kinds of baskets, or baskets used for different pur- 

 poses, if they really apply to baskets. Norman, who is re- 

 sponsible for most of these words, docs not even hint in his 

 explanatory note that there were different kinds of baskets, 

 or that those that were used for different purposes were dis- 



(22) Pap. and Proceed. Roy. Soc. Tas., 1910, page 340 (page 25 of MS.). 



