BY FRITZ NOETLING, M.A., Ph.D., ETC. 283 



I may also mention that according to Bunce (i) " the 

 natives obtained from the cider trees (Eucalyptus resini- 

 fera) of the lakes a slightly saccharine liquor resembling 

 treacle (2). At the proper season they ground holes in 

 the tree, from which the sweet juice flowed plentifully. It 

 was collected in a hole at the bottom near the root of the 

 tree. . . . When allowed to remain any length of time, 

 it ferments and settles into a coarse kind of wine or cider, 

 rather intoxicating if drunk to excess " (3). 



Ill— THE EVIDENCE OF THE VOCABULARY. 



I originally intended to give the native names of the 

 animals, birds, and plants contained in the different 

 vocabularies, but I soon found that this was unfeasible. 

 The different vocabularies give such different names for 

 one and the same animal that only the trained philologist 

 will be able to ascertain which is the correct one. For 

 instance, Norman's vocabulary gives under the heading 

 "■ kangaroo '' (4) the following words: — 



1. terrar. 



2. woolar. 



3. iilar. 



4. pleathenar. 



(1; Bunce. Twenty-three years' wanderings in the Australias 

 and Tasmania, Geelong, 1857. (Published also in Melbourne 

 under the title Australasian Reminiscences, 1857.) 



(2) Which, according to Milligan, was called wayalinah. 



(3) I commend this fact to the notice of those who wish to 

 4-eform mankind by the total prohibition of all alcoholic drinks., 

 The craving of the human body for alcohol cannot be better 

 illustrated than by the example of this primitive type of human 

 beings. It does not matter in the least, whether they found out 

 accidentally or not, that the sweet juice of a certain tree yielded, 

 on being allowed to stand for some time, a liquor that had a 

 peculiar effect on the system. They had discovered this fact, 

 and they made use of it, probably to a much greater extent than 

 we know of. 



(4) The wallaby (H. Billardieri) is not mentioned at all in 

 Norman's vocabulary. 



