_ 1903.)  MATHEWS—LANGUAGES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 249 
The general character and relation of the faces on the mohawkite 
crystals is similar to that of domeykite. The form a, 0.00 0 (11Zo), 
however, occurs more frequently and is better developed. Fig. 8 
(size of crystal 0.6 X 0.3 mm.) illustrates the usual habit of the 
Fig. 8. 
mohawkite crystals. Thin, tabular crystals like those of Fig. 2 are 
rare. 
Luster, splendent metallic. Color, light tin-white to steel gray. 
Fracture conchoidal, crystal habit thick tabular to equidimensional . 
The crystals tarnish more readily than those of domeykite and 
become iridescent in brilliant, variegated hues. 
LANGUAGES OF THE NEW ENGLAND ABORIGINES 
NEW SOUTH WALES. 
BY R. H. MATHEWS, L.S., 
4 é 
ASSOCIE ETRANGER SOC. D’'ANTHROP. DE PARIS. 
(Read May 15, 1903.) 
SyNnopsis.—Introductory—Orthography—The Anéwan Language 
—The Banbai Language—A Mystic Language—Anéwan Vocabu- 
lary. 
The native tribes of New South Wales are disappearing rapidly 
before the advancing tide of European population, and unless some 
1 See foot-note, page 243. 
