58 BULLETIN OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



Lismore is on the Richmond river in the extreme 

 northeastern part of New South Wales. According to an 

 ethnographical map of Fraser, this region of New South 

 Wales is inhabited by the Paikalyug tribe. 



PHOTOGRAPH. 



Judging from the photograph and skeleton, Neddy 

 Larkiii must have been about fifty years old. There is 

 nothing especially noteworthy brought out by the photo- 

 graph. It presents to us simply a typical specimen of a 

 native of New South Wales. The beard apparently is 

 slightly gray, and evidently has been trimmed quite short. 

 The hair is long and in the usual state of disorder, but 

 seems rather straighter than one usually finds in a native 

 of Australia. The deep set eyes and overhanging brows 

 are quite prominent, and give some indication of the mas- 

 sive superciliary ridges which we find on the skull. The 

 nose is very broad but not flat, and is well shaped. A 

 depression between the lower lateral cartilages of the nose 

 is well marked and has almost the appearance of a slit in 

 the nose. The body is not so lean as is usually the case 

 with Australians, judging from several photographs before 

 me. The arms are covered with long, thick hair, and 

 hair can be seen thickly scattered over a small area high 

 up the breast. The body below the waist is not visible. 

 In the left hand is held a rough boomerang. On the up- 

 per left arm (the upper right arm is hid b}' the fore-arm) 

 and on the breast are plainly seen the usual marks of 

 adorimient — long straight brands or scars. They run 

 entirely across the breast at close intervals, the highest 

 one being placed just above the mammje. At least seven- 

 teen lines are visible and there may be more which can 

 not be seen. On the arm thirteen scars or "mom-bari" 

 are visible ; they run lengthwise and are al)out eight 



