BY FRITZ NOETLIN(i, M.A., PH.D. 97 



Aborigine is longer than the posterior, while the reverse 

 is shown in the group. Likeiwise, the left portion of the 

 spear held by the man with his teeth is much longer in the 

 group than in the second engraving. Tbisi unquestionably 

 shows a certain amount of carelessness of observation, and 

 reproducing observed facts, and this may tend to minimise 

 the value of those recorded. 



Engraving No. 3, published on March 23rd, 1836, bears 

 the curious inscription : "A wild native taking a kangaroo, 

 his clog having caught it, he runs to kill it with his waddy." 



Now, we know for certain that dogs were unknown to 

 the Aborigines previous to the arrival of the Europeans. 

 The hunting scene, as depicted by Duterrau, can therefore 

 not have taken place in older times, and the "wild native" 

 must have caught his kangaroo by other means than by a 

 dog before 'killing it with his waddy." The chief interest 

 of the engraving is, however, the fact that the "waddy" 

 (lughrana) was used to kill animals. The sketch of the 

 "waddy," as given by Duterrau, fully agrees with the shape 

 of the specimens in the Hobart Museum, even the notches 

 at one end are distinctlv depicted. The hand, however, 

 grips the lughrana, not at notched end, but fairly in the 

 middle, and from this we mav conclude that the animal was 

 killed with a blow. 



There is, however, another curious feature connected 

 with this scene; the "wild native" grasps his lughrana with 

 the right, while the left gets hold of the kangaroo. Now, 

 if we assume that this engraving, not inversely etched on 

 the plate, but transferred directly, the "wild native" grasps 

 the kangaroo with his right, and holds the lughrana, with 

 which he means to deliver the blow, in his left. * 



The last etching, published on the same date as the 

 former : "A kangaroo caught by a wild native's dog," is of 

 very little interest. It practically shows nothing but two 

 very crudely-designed figures of a kangaroo, which a dog, 

 apparently a collie of most ferocious appearance, having 

 claws like a bear, has caught by the ear. 



The only interest is in a very crude figure of an Abori- 

 gine holding a spear in his left and a hunting stick in his 

 right hand, of which the legend says : "The native then 

 seizes the kangaroo and kills it with his waddy." 



This engraving seems to contradict the view that spears 

 were not used in hunting expeditions; but though Duterrau 

 has depicted this "wild native" in the position of throwing 

 the spear at the kangaroo, the legend, which says that "He 

 kills it with his waddy," does not make it appear as very 



