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however, as her health was generally very good. Her appetite 

 was large. Slie was stout in figure, about twelve stone in weight 

 and five feet three inches in height. 6he enjoyed tobacco, and 

 beer she took, but never to excess, except when induced to do so 

 by injudicious friends. She liked hot ale with sugar and ginger 

 at bedtime " which made her contented and easily managed." As 

 for the fire-water of the pale-face, she never took it at all. 



Poor Truganini firmly believed the sjDirits of her friends would 

 come to her before death, and shortly before that event she calmly 

 stated slie knew she was about to die because her people had 

 appeared to her. Her last illness was brief. During the morning 

 which ushered it in, she sat up in her chair, smoked her pipe and 

 physically seemed much as usual, but very sad and depressed in 

 mind. When spoken to by her guardian about going to a new house, 

 " Missus," she said, " I never go to new house with you, I see my 

 people last night." Dui'ing the day she expressed much concern 

 about what her guardian would do when she was gone. In the 

 evening she suddenly screamed, and then holding out her arms, 

 called out, " Missus, Rowra catch me, Rowra catch me !" Her 

 friend rushed to the bed and seized her hands, but she spoke no 

 more. Soon afterwards she became insensible and remained so for 

 two days, only becoming semi-conscious an hour or two before her 

 death. This occurred in the month of May, 1876. Thus passed 

 away, at the age 73, the last survivor of the Aboi'iginals of 

 Tasmania. 



For. the above brief notice of a few points in connection with 

 Trugauini's history and character I am mainly indebted to Mrs. 

 C. E. Nowell, of Hobart, whose former husband, Mr. Dandridge, 

 had official charge of the natives for a period of their residence 

 at Oyster Cove, and who herself afterwards had sole charge of 

 Truganini during the later years of her life. I send photographs 

 of Truganini and Billy Lanny. (Pis. XXXII. and XXXIII.) 



3.— SOME NICETIES OF EXPRESSION IN THE 

 LANGUAGES OF THE NEW HEBRIDES. 



By the Rev. J. Copeland, M.A., Sydney. 



(Communicated by the Secretary of the Section.) 



There is a wide spread impression that the dialects of barbarous 

 tribes are meagre, simple, and therefore easily acquired. This is 

 far from being the case, and there can be no greater mistake than 

 to conclude that any man, provided he be pious, will make a good 

 missionary. If scholarship wide and exact is desirable in ministers 

 in civilized communities, it is indispensable in one who goes to 

 civilize and christianize rude tribes. The first missionary to such 



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