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albirrekpin by Lar/ekiyas, h'tjijUkminit by Wogaits, and 

 enduk by Sheraits. 



In camping-places wliere mosquitoes are very troublesome 

 the dome is completed by bending the rods down to earth on 

 all sides, and covering the whole surface with bark. Four 

 small openings are left along the base to serve as doors, 

 and a hole made in the top to allow passage of the smoke 

 that is accumulated in the hut for the purpose of keeping out 

 the insects. 



Provisional shelters against rain are made by cutting a 

 big sheet of bark from the stringy-bark. To do this the 



bark is chopped through cir- 

 cumferentially in two places 

 about seven or eight feet apart, 

 and slit longitudinally between 

 the two incisions, after which 

 it is easily removed by lever- 

 age. See' fig. 22.* The sheet 

 is folded transversely along 

 its centre, and stood on sand 

 in tent-like fashion. 



Sun-shades are formed by 

 erecting two vertically-forked 

 poles, in the forks of which a 

 horizontal rod is placed. 

 Against the latter, green 

 branches are piled at an incline 

 of about 45 degrees, and the fires lit beneath. 



As a variety may be mentioned that found by Stokesf 

 north of Roebuck Bay. and described as a slight, rudely- 

 thatched covering, placed on four upright poles, between 

 three and four feet high. 



Stokes writes of natives covering their naked bodies with 

 sand for warmth. A more usual method is to lie upon, and 

 covei* themselves with, paper-bark. I have, however, noticed 

 them cover their naked forms witli sand as a protection 

 against the attacks of mosquitoes. 



Weapons and Implements. 



Tlie spears that were observed in use by the North- 

 western coastal tri*bes will be considered under the scheme 



* Cf. T?. Brough Smyth: Aboricrines of Victoria, 1878. vol i. 

 fic 239, p. 409. 



t Discovorie.s in Austnilia, 1846, vol. i., n. 101, fiLziiiod. 



