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" like white feller," that his father did not wear 

 breeches ; he replied, " My fadder no see white 

 feller trowsers — if make a light (see) make get ; 

 but no white feller sit down this place when my 

 fadder here." 



The " ladies" are conspicuous principally 

 for their head gear ; glowing in grease and red 

 ochre, the ringlets of these " dark angels" were 

 decorated with opossum tails, the extremities of 

 other animals, and the incisor teeth of the kan- 

 garoo ; some had the " Cambun," (" Bolombine" 

 of the Tumat country,) or fillet daubed with pipe- 

 clay bound round the forehead : this ornament 

 is sometimes made from the stringy bark tree, as 

 well as from the tendons of the kangaroo's tail : 

 lateral lines of pipe-clay ornamented the upper 

 part of their faces, breast, and arms. Both men 

 and women have raised cicatrices over the 

 breast, arms, and back ; but the forms of these 

 personal decorations are various. They regarded, 

 with a degree of awe, a keyed bugle, with which 

 a gentleman amused himself at this place : they 

 called it the Cohhong (large) whistle ; and were 

 more pleased with the slow airs played upon it, 

 than those of a lively and quick movement. 



On the evening of Christmas Day we ad- 

 journed to the verandah : the scene was beauti- 

 ful ; the heavy clouds, which had previously ob- 



