6 MATHEWS— CEREMONIAL STONES [January i, 



In addition to this number there are many other marks which, 

 although distinguishable, are mere scratches and have evidently never 

 been anything more. They are of the same character as the well- 

 defined cuts, but much shorter. 



Fig. 8 gives a view of the base of the stone, in which there is a 

 saucer-like depression, the average diameter of which is nearly an 

 inch and a quarter. This concavity has been made by picking the 

 surface with some sharp instrument, such as a pointed flake of hard 

 stone, the punctures being still plainly discernible. After the picking 

 out was done the surface was rubbed or ground fairly smooth. The 

 depth of the hollow formed in this way is a little more than one- 

 twentieth of an inch. The specimen was found on Buckanbee Run, 

 Darling River, and its weight is three pounds twelve ounces. 



Fig. 9 is a soft sandstone, sixteen and one-half inches long, with 

 a practically circular shaft, the greatest diameter of which is two 

 and sixteen-twentieth inches, from which it evenly diminishes to a 

 well-defined point. At four and one-quarter inches from the point 

 there are two slightly curved parallel lines cut well into the stone. 

 On the opposite side of the specimen are two similar incisions, which 

 are not of course visible in my drawing. These comprise all the 

 marks on this stone. 



From the thickest part of the shaft to the base the diameter 

 slightly decreases, until it averages a little over an inch and three 

 quarters (Fig. lo). The diameter of the depression in the base 

 averages nearly two inches and its depth is one-eighth of an inch. 

 The stone was found on Kallara Station, Darling River, and weighs 

 three pounds fourteen ounces. 



Fig. II is another specimen of decomposed sandstone, sixteen 

 and five-eighth inches in length. At the thickest part the diameter 

 measures two and eighteen-twentieth inches, and a section through 

 any part of the shaft would give an almost circular outline. On 

 the face selected for illustration there are twenty-one incised lines, 

 comprising triplets, pairs and single marks. 



Fig. 12 represents the base, whose diameter varies from one and 

 three-quarter inches to two and a quarter inches. The usual saucer- 

 shaped concavity has a mean diameter of nearly an inch and a half 



