592 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate 1 . Bark Canoe and Native of Bayley Island, Wellesley Group, 

 CtuH of Carpentaria. 



Plate 2. Wellesley Island Natives on Bayley Island ; the fourth 

 figure from the left is the principal old man, " Aliget." 



Plate 3. Native Camp, Archer River, North Queensland. 



Plate 4. Native Men of the Bellenden-Ker District, North Queens- 

 land. 



Plate 5. Mummy of Native Chief, Bellenden-Ker Mountains, 

 North Queensland. 



Plate 6. Natives of Cairns District, North Queensland, preparing 

 for a fight. 



Plate 7. Natives of the Niol-Niol Tribe, Broome District, North 

 Queensland, decorated for a Corrobboree. 



Plate 8. Natives of North-West Australia decorated for a Cor- 

 robboree. 



Plate 9. Native Prisoners, Wyndham Gaol, North-West Australia, 



Plate 10. Three Native Prisoners in chains, Wyndham Gaol, North- 

 West Australia. 



Plate 11. To the left, Victoria River Native ; to the right, feet of 

 same, showing abnormality of toes (see text). 



Plate 12. Group of Natives of Melville Island at the Landing-place, 

 Jessie River. On the extreme left, a typical Melville Islander ; in the 

 background Joe Cooper, the buffalo-hunter. 



Plate 13. Natives of Melville Island dancing. 



Plate 14. Women of Melville Island at Central Camp. 



Plate 15. To the left, Natives of Wellesley Island collecting Nardoo ; 

 to the right. Dance of Melville Island Natives. 



Plate 16. Central Camp, Melville Island — Mainland and Island 

 Natives. 



Plate 17. On the left, the upper part of a carved Grave Monument 

 (" Wondorolla "), from Radford Point, Melville Island, on which a Native 

 rests his arm ; on the right, four Natives and two Grave Monuments. 



18. Map of Melville Island, showing author's route. 



