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PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F. 



-continued. 



English. Native. 



Veins U-ree 



Water Nap-pa. 



Wood Thai -poo 



Wrist Oon-na 



Whistle . . . Wil-prinna 



Whirlwind . . Wom-meria 



Womb Kulyi-erra 



Windpipe . . Ulkoo-anna 



Wet Kung-oo 



Woman (mar- Willa-prinna 

 ried) 



White Wil-ye-u 



Whip Takoo-ippa 



-o->]jf-o- 



4.— THE STONE IMPLEMENTS OF THE ABORIGINAL 

 TRIBES OF THE SEABOARD OF SOUTH AUS- 

 TRALIA. 



Bt/ WALTER UOWCHIX, F.G.S. 



(Brief Extract.) 



Whilst implements of wood and nide textile manufactm-es of the 

 Australian aboriginals have been carefully noted and frequently 

 described, much less attention has been devoted to the stone 

 implements of the natives. The paper gave the results of twelve 

 years' gatherings of the stone implements of the extinct tribes 

 that occupied the seaboard extending from Adelaide to Port Mac- 

 Donnell. About a thousand objects were exhibited illustrative of 

 the subject, consisting of— (1) stone points; (2) flakes (knives), 

 in seven varieties of single-edged, ridged, flat and polygonal, 

 lanceolate, broad, serrated, and trimmed; (3) spearheads of a type 

 which seem to be restricted to a narrow coastal belt; (4) chisels; 

 (5) gou.ges ; (6) awls; (7) scrapers, divided into eleven distinct 

 varieties; (8) hammers; (9) anvils; (10) fabricators; (11) cores. 

 A comparison was made between the Australian stone implements 

 and the prehistoric remains of Europe, India, and South Africa, 

 showing the essential similarity of type throughout, but with local 

 differences. 



