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EIGHT REV. S. THORNTON, D.D,, ON 



PIG. 1. 

 Eed, eyes yellow. 



PIG. 2. 

 Fif^ lives red. 

 Sliadinp: — horizontal = bliie. 

 Perpendicidar = red. 



Stippled — yellow. 



colour, and one figure wear- 

 in£^ a necklace. Two had 

 a dress Avitli red stripes and 

 bars, and. one a waistband. 

 Each face had a distinct ex- 

 pression : all were somewhat 

 attractive : none of the faces 

 liad. mouths. Tlie colours 

 were apparently indelible. 



Hie next most remark- 

 able drawing in the cave 

 Avas a large ancile^ or elliptic 

 shield ; the outside line deep 

 blue, the body yellow, dotted 

 over with red lines or spots, 

 crossed, by two lines of blue. 

 On it was a kangaroo ; two 

 spear heads pointing in 

 opposite directions ; and 

 two black balls. 



A third sketch was of a 

 man carrying a kangaroo. 



There were some 50 other 

 drawings of men, kangaroos, 

 &c., in this cave, but alto- 

 gether inferior in merit, and 

 surmised to be subsequent 

 additions ; but at the back 

 of the cave Avas a hand and 

 arm painted black on white, 

 of most striking appearance; 

 while on the ceiling at the 

 end, at the height where a 

 sitters head would have 

 touched it, was a greasy 

 mark, as though a human 

 head of hair had habitually 

 rubbed against it. 



Here assuredly are " pro- 

 blems." AVhat did the prin- 

 cipal figures pourtrayed in 

 this cave represent ? 



The sun-like glory round 

 the head [Fig. 1] surely 



