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hatchets, a boomerang, a nulla-nulla, and a kopai ball like those 

 illustrated in my paper on " Burial Customs." 



Partitition C, or the uppermost shelf, contains four more cere- 

 monial stones, two lower millstones, four stone hatchets, and a black- 



FiG. I. Ceremonial stones, nardoo stones, boomerangs and nullas. 



fellow's skull. It appears therefore, that the cabinet, with its three 

 shelves, contains a total of fifty ceremonial stones, without counting 

 the other specimens. Owing to the great number of articles com- 

 prised in Fig. I, everything appears proportionately small. To 

 remedy this, several representative specimens of ceremonial stones 

 have been taken out of the cabinet and a separate picture. Fig. 2, 

 photographed on a larger scale. Nos. i, 2, 3 and 4 are reddish 



