174 Tin: A.BOHIGINES 



25. And God made the beast of the earth, 



Godneh pomleh pockilleh [bullock] ilia [brush 

 kangaroo], 



and he saw that it was very good. 

 Godneh la pre h narreh coopeh. 



26. And God said, Let us make man in our own image, 

 Godneh kany, myneh pomleh wibeh, 



after our own likeness, 

 likeh myneh. 



27. So God created man in his own image. 

 Godneh pomleh wibeh likeh nfirreh. 



31. God saw everything that he had made, 



Godneh lilpre gudyeh narreh pomleh, 



and behold it was very good, 



narreh kany narreh coopeh coopeh ! 



The aboriginal words are for the most part placed 

 under the analogous English ones. Those commencing 

 with an English syllable are such as the aborigines have 

 none representing the idea in their own language. Thus, 

 they seem to have had no idea of the existence of a 

 creative presiding power, nor any term corresponding 

 with such a sentiment, in their vocabulary. The English 

 word has, therefore, been adopted by the translator with 

 the native termination added, making " Godneh." The 

 same with respect to several others. Several of these 

 anglified terms are now in such constant use among the 

 natives that they may be considered as incorporated in 

 the language. The word "grassneh," for "grass," is 

 much more frequently used among those at the settle- 

 ment than the original term given above. It is doubtful 

 whether "myneh," for "me " or " I," may not be traced 

 to the same origin. 



Names of Aborigines. 

 Men. Women. 



Tobelahngta and Roomehtymyenna, 



Chief of Oyster Bay Tribe and his wife. 



Monnopellyata and Mellonnehmetya, 



Chief of Big River Tribe and his wife. 



Troolpaneh and Legehnyminneh, 



Chief of Port Dalrymple (and Launceston) Tribe 

 and Iiis wife. 



