172 TTTE ABO-RIGINES 



N< lmnnrli kehgreuna... nynabythmnMi... 

 Tlie young emu... the little kangaroo... 



tringeh gfiggerra... pyathinneh... 



tin 1 little joey (sucking kangaroo)... the bandicoot... 



ny n a 1 >y thinneh -koobry n e h . . . m a re h te rrc n neh . . . 

 the little kangaroo-rat... the white kangaroo-rat... 



pyathinneh pungoothinneh... lookqothinneh... 



the little opossum... the ringtailed opossum... 



mytoppyneh... trynooneh... 



the big opossum... the tiger-cat... 



watherrfinginna... march bunna... 

 the dog-faced opossum... the black cat. 



A popular song among all the aboriginal tribes, of 

 which I have not obtained the meaning, it being involved 

 by them in some mystery — 



Poppyla-renung — onnyna — Poppyla, &c, Poppyla, &c, 

 &c. 

 lemingannya — lemingannya — leming, &c. 

 Taukfimmmgannya — Taukummingannya, &c, &c. 

 Nyna tepe rena ponnyna — Nyna, &c, Nyna, &c. 

 Nyna nara pewilly para. Nyna nara,&c.,Nyna nara,&c. 

 Nara pewilly pallawoo ! pallawoo ! 

 Nyna nara pewilly para pewilly pallawoo ! pallawoo ! 

 Nyna nara, &c. Nyna nara, &c, &c. 



[In Milligan's Vocabulary this song, with certain 

 differences, is given. It is there entitled " Aboriginal 

 Verses in honour of a Great Chief," sung as an accompani- 

 ment to a native dance or Biawe. — Papers of the Royal 

 Society of Tasmania, Vol. III., p. 273. Also by Davies, 

 with other variations — Tasmanian Journal, II, p. 411,] 



8th December, 1833. Thos. Wilkinson, the Catechist, 

 has attempted the translation of the first three chapters of 

 Genesis, and has succeeded as well as could have been 

 anticipated. It is extremely difficult to come at the 

 idiom, as every tribe speaks a different dialect, it might 

 also be said a different language, and even among the 

 individuals of the same tribe a great difference is percep- 

 tible. The pronunciation is very arbitrary and indefinite. 

 The literal translation is confined in great measure to 

 the verbs and the nouns. It is not clearly ascertained 

 whether prepositions and conjunctions or anything 



