18 AUSTRALIA AND THE AUSTRALIANS. 



A kangaroo is feeding in the scrub. Native There 

 kangaroo is feeding thick one scrub. 



Get me my spear and I will kill him. Native 

 Hand me here my spear; him kill I will. 



I am going to sharpen my spear. Native To 

 sharpen, going am I my spear. 



I am going to pour out the water. Native To 

 pour out going am I the water. 



I am going to watch him. Native To watch him 

 going am I. 



NOTATION. 



Their only words for numerals are : 

 One Coornoo. 

 Two Mundroo. 

 Three Paracool a. 



When they desire to express a greater number, they 

 add together the words given above. 



Four Mundro-la, mundro-la. 



Five Mundroo, mundroo, coornoo ; that is, twice 2 

 and 1. 



Six Mundroo-la, mundroo-la, mundroo-la ; that is, 

 thrice 2. 



Ten Mundroo-la, five times repeated. After ten, 

 to twenty, the term murrathidna, from murra (hands), 

 and thidna (feet), is used, and the fingers and toes are 



